need some help re contracting out to get funding for private school

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Hi everyone. I am the process of getting ready to try to get my public school

district to contract out with the oral auditory school that my daughter has been

going to (and progressing amazingly through.)This contracting out will allow the

public school to give the funding that they receive for my daughter to the

private school so that I don't have to pay for it all out of pocket. I am

getting the paperwork together to prove that apraxic children do best with daily

therapy and that this oral auditory school offers. I also have a SLP who is

willing to validate this and go to any meetings as needed. My question is..for

those of your who have experienced going through this sort of situation, where

should I start??

From the paperwork I have read it seems like I should call an IEP meeting and

say that I don't feel that my daughter's needs are being met through the public

school system. Right now she gets 1 hr a week of speech with no oral motor and

the therapist- although very nice- isn't experienced with apraxia. My daughter

is 3 so she hasn't started public school as of yet, but I don't want to put her

there and possibly cause set backs when she is doing so well at the other

school. could this be a problem in trying to get the funds since she has never

attended public school at all yet? Right now I just drive her to the therapy

appts.

Other friends of mine who work in the educational arena are saying I should go

directly to the head of the district and deal directly with him.

Anyone have any ideas on how I should best handle this??

thank you for any help you can give me on this.!