Payments to just one of the Board of Education outside law firms that has handled most of the litigation against families of children seeking special education services from FY 2004 through FY 2012.
Payments to Jeffrey Krew, LLC
FY 2004 $ 489,526
FY 2005 $ 470,398
FY 2006 $ 706,921
FY 2007 $ 566,230
FY 2008 $ 629,041
FY 2009 $ 392,770
FY 2010 $ 632,041
FY 2011 $ 359,018
FY 2012 $ 339,853
FY 2008 $ 629,041
FY 2009 $ 392,770
FY 2010 $ 632,041
FY 2011 $ 359,018
FY 2012 $ 339,853
Wow, Mr. Krew, in his role as outside attorney, averaged $509,533.11 per year. And, that amount does not include fees for the other outside attorneys. The present policy does provides a disincentive for MCPS to resolve disputes before litigation. The longer the hearings take, the more monies the outside attorneys get! Proceeding with litigation is their gain and a major loss to the families and children involved! Again, shame on MCPS for persisting with such an adversarial system that encourages a scorched earth practice!
ReplyDeleteRepresentative Todd Akin (R-Mo.) demonstrated a striking lack of understanding regarding rape. Similarly, MCPS Outside Attorney Krew has an outrageous misunderstanding on the transmission of AIDS as demonstrated by the transcripts of the presented case. Just look at the harm Krew spews with his misrepresentations and not just with the AIDs issue. Krew uses a short visit of a friend’s pit bull to allege the parent places her child in harm’s way, blames the mother for taking her son into a public women’s bathroom, tries to use an older siblings journal to bring out that the family did not “sanitize” their home, expects therapists to sterilize their offices and strip down before treating the child, and many other misrepresentations. Such practice only destroys MCPS’ credibility and claims that they are providing a high level of service for disabled children. Are we attacking our most vulnerable children to save money and at the same time paying Krew and others $625,000 per year for about a dozen cases? I don’t see Joshua Starr making any adjustments to this process. In fact, “me thinks” there is a fox in the chicken coup!
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