Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Erick Lang said that the district wants to alter Edison because some vocational programs were not recruiting enough students -- although he conceded that staff did not always advertise Edison to parents.
"There is some disconnect there," Lang said at a Special Education Advisory Committee meeting.
Edison parents were incensed by the proposal, which they said would compromise special education, and remained cautious after the rejection.
"That's kind of the scary part -- what are they going to change now?" said Joan Sabaka, co-chairwoman of the advisory panel.
Read more at the Washington Examiner HERE.
The article goes on to quote Marshall Spatz, MCPS Director of Management, Budget and Planning, as follows: "Sometimes you can realign other resources, from other grants and the budget, to accomplish some of the [application's] goals," Spatz said. "There are always alternatives."
ReplyDeleteYes, sometimes you can. Sometimes if you really care about children, you can cut your $9MILLION PR department.