Media ~ Tell the FULL STORY of Taxpayers Money in Broward Public ESE Education

The part of this Sun Sentinel News story that wasn't included is the fact that Broward Public Schools is NOT doing their part with TAXPAYER MONEY for many students with learning disabilities either. 

Parents are retaliated against for Advocating for the much needed services for their child via the IEP Process. Many Principals, District Admins and teachers have an outdated mindset for some students with IEP's and don't want to do the right things by many ESE Students. THANK GOD for the McKay and that there are the different VOUCHERS for parents to make the choice to remove their children from Broward County Public Schools so they CAN GO ELSEWHERE where there are NO HASSLES and our Children and Parents are treated with RESPECT when Advocating for the much needed services and supports parents know their children need. 

Sun Sentinel ~ Tell the REAL STORY of why parents are LEAVING Broward Public schools for Private or Charter. 

The Public Schools are NOT USING TAXPAYERS MONEY as they should be on our Special Needs Students...they are WAREHOUSING THEM into NON-ACADEMIC - NON-DIPLOMA Track ESE Cluster Classrooms and some families want more for their Children than what Broward Public Schools wants to do for our children. 

Enough is enough and parents have the choice and the right to take their Child's Taxpayers money's and 'shop elsewhere'.!! 

Wish the Sun-Sentinel would tell the FULL Story of what really is or is not going on with ESE students and families in Broward Schools!

*Sun Sentinel interview some of the parents that have withdrawn their children with IEP's from attending a Broward Public School and ask them WHY and what are the real reasons they enroll their children in Private and Charter schools. 

Tell the FULL STORY of how our Taxpayer monies are being used in Public Education here in Broward. ESE Monies!!

Click link here for Sun Sentinel story: 
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-mckay-scholarship-no-ese-20140606,0,7092946.story

Click link here for Sun Sentinel data base MAP to Private & Charter schools in Broward:
http://databases.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/schoolmap/#/?address=110%20Southeast%2010th%20Avenue%2C%20Fort%20Lauderdale%2C%20FL%2C%20United%20States%20Florida%20Florida&radius=16100

Little Children & Due Process

Today it's Aniah's day in COURT! Broward School District filed for a Due Process Hearing. Aniah's mother DID NOT AGREE WITH the content of the Psycho-Educational EVALUATION that the school Psychologist wrote up about her. Mom was in disagreement on several things, one mainly being that she was evaluated from the schools perspective as if she were a child with Autism and not a child with Down syndrome.

Mom disagreed with several inconsistencies pertaining to her daughters true academic abilities that the school psychologist had written into the report. So she disagreed with the PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL REPORT and the school district believes it was accurate. Therefore the School District takes the Parent to Due Process!

*Parent requested a second opinion or an IEE=Independent Educational Evaluation at PUBLIC EXPENSE. Parent Request was DENIED!

It has been a Roller-Coaster Ride of emotions and stress to say the least on the entire family. Not only that but a financial burden as well.

Today at the Due Process Hearing, mom took her daughter, Aniah with her to meet the ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE. Aniah was a perfect Angel during the entire proceedings that lasted a few hours. She finally was able to go ask him what his name was and snap a few photos when the Due Process Hearing was over.

Having a school district TAKE YOU TO DUE PROCESS is no fun, absolutely but the "process" is an amazing opportunity for parents & the entire family to learn just how "nasty" the schools legal department can make things on an involved parent, that is advocating for their Child's Education!

Outcome of this Particular Due Process Hearing: Our Children's Individual Educational Planning is NOT UP TO THE DISTRICTS LEGAL & DUE PROCESS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES!! 

....for the record....we have THAT in writing via the COURT REPORTER on the TRANSCRIPTS from Aniah's Due Process Hearing!

Glad this chapter is over!