On Wednesday, March 20, 2013, on this blog special education advocate and former Board of Education candidate Lyda Astrove asked about surprise changes to special education staffing at MCPS high schools.
In response to Ms. Astrove's question, Superintendent Joshua Starr created the memo below.
Note that Ms. Astrove's question could not be answered by reading Superintendent Starr's FY 2014 budget. That's the budget the BOE already approved. Why doesn't Superintendent Starr's budget provide details of how he is spending our public school dollars? What other surprises exist in the FY 2014 Starr plans?
Who really wrote that memo?
ReplyDeleteThe Extensions program is a very staff-intensive model, and we are just now learning that it is being expanded to additional sites? Is Starr "robbing Peter to pay Paul?" Or is special ed staffing turning into a giant Ponzi scheme?