Fwd: Autism (POAC-NJ) on NBC Nightly News Monday Night

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Thanks to Carol Sloan of FEAT-Houston for this message.

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Re: TONIGHT - Autism Piece on NBC Nightly News

This email comes from POAC New Jersey

(See website: www.poac.net <http://www.poac.net> )

Sounds interesting.

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I just received a call from NBC informing me that they are planning

to air a

special about the rising costs of autism tonight 6:30 (Eastern

Time??) on

the NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM BROKAW. They spent over three hours in

the Brick

(POAC model classrooms) and are planning to use that footage to

illustrate

what progressive school districts are doing to improve outcomes and

save

money. You never know how these segments will turn out but I can

tell you

that the first words out of the producer's mouth were " Are you sure

these

are children with autism? " As most of you know, we have heard those

comments many times before including the same quote being attributed

to NJ

Congressman in the Star Ledger (12/02).

Hopefully, many more people throughout the country will now discover

that by

investing in " targeted and sustained " teacher training they too can

develop

their own " home grown " experts so that all of our kids can receive a

quality

education in their public school system. And, more importantly, you

guys

can stop moving into our school district!

I'm not sure what time the show will air so check your local

listings.

Thanks, Tom

POAC - 161 Natick Trail, Brick, NJ, 09874, USA