[SPAM][SPAM] Re: Has anyone ever filed a complaint with T

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Actually, we were forced out of our public school into a private one

that saved our child from institutionalization. We were essentially

kicked out AND sued. Some people like to say that was our " choice " ,

but our first choice was public and that is where we are now.

It is a shame when a private placement doesn't work out, and I'm not

sure how they can keep a deposit and tuition prepayments if they don't

ever even accept your child, but at least they don't keep get getting

a paycheck from you for perpetuity when they no longer provide any

services to your child. Not every private school is going to be a fit

for every child. Sadly, our public schools claim to be able to provide

a FAPE for every child in district boundaries and fail at the child's

grave expense. Clearly that notorious private school is getting a bad

rep for those tactics. The cool thing is, no one has to go there. Our

one bad experience with public schools would never make me want to

ensure that option was not available to others. It just makes me

recognize the importance of families having the freedom to exercise

choice when their backs are against a wall in a tyrannical situation.

$1,250 in lost fees is peanuts compared to what it costs to go through

due process, so I can certainly see why that decision was a good one

for you.

I'm not sure the point you are trying to make about the overly

simplistic statement: " Private does not equal good and

public does not equal bad. " We support both private and public schools

that educate children appropriately. I do not support my tax dollars

going to a public school that refuses to provide FAPE to my child and

using them to sue us with. Not sure how much more clear I can be on

this subject.

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> > You know, a parent of a special needs child only has so much energy.

> Why

> > put all of your energy into a very negative fight against the school

> > bureaucracy? Take the energy you have and put it into your child and

> your

> > family. I made that choice too for my son and our family when he was

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> > first and second grade. It turned out to be a fabulous decision. He

> asked

> > to go back to a " building school " for third grade, so he's

> in public school

> > for the first time. (He was kicked out of 2 private

> schools—something to

> > remember you pro-voucher people. Private schools do not ever HAVE to

> take

> > anyone. That's why they are private.)

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> > Good luck,

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> > S.

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> > " Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great

> scientist.

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> > They are wrong: it is character. "

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> > Albert Einstein

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