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La #CIDH, en su informe sobre las violaciones de derechos humanos en el marco de las protestas sociales, dice: "La economía peruana está basada, primordialmente, en un modelo extractivista, cuyas regalías no han contribuido a reducir significativamente la desigualdad ni han...
traído desarrollo a las regiones donde predominan pueblos indígenas y comunidades campesinas". Y sigue: "el 55% de la población considera que es un país económicamente muy desigual, mientras que el 60% estima que la brecha de desigualdad ha aumentado en los últimos 2 años".
Parents be on alert! Districts are trying to take custody of your child with special needs!
School districts like @CJUHSD and the @AltaLomaSD are using the legal system to intimidate parents into silence about their child’s educational rights. The law firm of choice is @F3Law
School districts like @CJUHSD and the @AltaLomaSD are using the legal system to intimidate parents into silence about their child’s educational rights. The law firm of choice is @F3Law
who has filed multiple legal actions against parents to remove the parent as the child’s guardian. Please private message if you would like to read the entire Court order which, goes into detail about how FFF filed a Motion to exclude the parent from making legal decisions about
their child with autism. AFTER the school district had agreed to settle the case, according to the order:
“Defendant filed an opposition to the motion for settlement approval”
Thankfully, FFF failed in their attempt to remove the parent as the Guardian for a student who
“Defendant filed an opposition to the motion for settlement approval”
Thankfully, FFF failed in their attempt to remove the parent as the Guardian for a student who
OBTAINING EMAILS/TEXTS ABOUT YOUR CHILD. Emails and texts are NOT considered "student records" but parents CAN obtain them via PUBLIC records. I've created a little background fact sheet so you can understand why that is. The main issue is that FERPA says only records that are
identifiable and are MAINTAINED are student records. The courts have defined "maintained" as in a physical file. So, emails and texts (and Google docs communications, etc), unless they are printed and put in a physical file, are not considered "educational records." However,
they are PUBLIC RECORDS which you can get via a Public Records Act request. Remember to request ALL COMMUNICATIONS since the district staff also use things like Google Docs to communicate, as well as text messages. (You can even get text messages sent on personal cell phones!)
End of wk 2 - I've exchanged emails with #lilyiep team all week. To no avail. In 3 of those emails I asked for another meeting to discuss lack of progress reports and adherence to her schedule but at this point it seems like they refuse to meet again until after the 6 wk mark.
I found a couple more resources which I'll link in my #iep source thread. There's a thing called IEP Advocates. Apparently we need one bc the team at Lily's school is a mess. I feel like I started out overzealous and wrong in thinking this wouldn't be a hard process.
However I did finally see the reports from her teachers used in the initial decision to deny an evaluation. Which, I must add, the details of weren't discussed in the 1st two #lilyiep team meetings.
SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENTS
Saturday, June 19, 2021 2-4pm
ONLINE PRESENTATION ON HOW TO RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD
It is clear that most school board members don’t really care about our special education issues. That could be largely due to the fact that they don’t have a child in
Saturday, June 19, 2021 2-4pm
ONLINE PRESENTATION ON HOW TO RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD
It is clear that most school board members don’t really care about our special education issues. That could be largely due to the fact that they don’t have a child in
special education or some personal connection. Well we do and we need a voice on the board!
We need parents to run in our upcoming school board elections in 2022! Join us online Saturday, June 19th for an online presentation on how to run for your local school board presented by
We need parents to run in our upcoming school board elections in 2022! Join us online Saturday, June 19th for an online presentation on how to run for your local school board presented by
a parent that has been elected to both the San Bernardino Board of Education as well as the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District!
Please register via the following link:
forms.gle/otSE2CWfcHHb9p…
Upon registration you will receive an email with the Google Meet link
Please register via the following link:
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Upon registration you will receive an email with the Google Meet link
ACTION ALERT-- Blow the whistle on WESELPA wrongdoing and speak up for children with disabilities
Dear Friends,
Please support children with disabilities and their families by speaking up on their behalf. You do not need to be in the WESELPA area to support our cause.
Dear Friends,
Please support children with disabilities and their families by speaking up on their behalf. You do not need to be in the WESELPA area to support our cause.
Please DM for email distribution list.
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Dear School Board Members,
I wanted to express my disappointment in how your Superintendent voted on your behalf today at a meeting of the West End Special Education Local
Suggested language (feel free to add your own details):
Dear School Board Members,
I wanted to express my disappointment in how your Superintendent voted on your behalf today at a meeting of the West End Special Education Local
Plan Area. Your Superintendent voted to be a rubber stamp for the WESELPA Administration and ignored comments from many parents and students with disabilities. Specifically, your Superintendent approved a contract with the Department of Rehabilitation sight unseen.
Ces enfants ne brandissent pas le drapeau français mais celui du Koweït. Depuis Strasbourg, ils ne célèbrent pas le 14 juillet mais le 25 février: la fête nationale du Koweït. Des islamistes reçoivent le pétrodollar koweïtien. Ces enfants sont instrumentalisés pour dire: merci ! 
Ces enfants apprennent l'arabe, le Coran et l'islam, selon la lecture islamiste des Frères musulmans, à l'Institut Al-Andalous (Andalousie) que finance le #Koweït. Son recteur, le frère musulman Messaoud Boumaza, a rejoint le Conseil national des imams, voulu par @EmmanuelMacron.
Dans cette vidéo, publiée par la chaîne des Frères musulmans @MF_Musulmans (ex-UOIF), l'islamiste Messaoud Boumaza, raconte au frère musulman Anas Saghrouni son parcours militant et idéologique, depuis sa formation à l'#IESH à Château-Chinon en 1992:⤵️
Thank you to all who commented at West End SELPA's Special Ed Director's Meeting today (PAC). It was announced that many families of pre-schoolers with #autism are disenrolling from the on-line instruction thereby causing increased costs which means that they will keep the same
level of staffing for less number of kids, after all, it is not about the kids is it?
The next meeting is Wednesday at 8:30 am for the Fiscal Advisory Committee (FAC) and it appears that several districts have not met their "Maintenance of Effort" requirement which means they
The next meeting is Wednesday at 8:30 am for the Fiscal Advisory Committee (FAC) and it appears that several districts have not met their "Maintenance of Effort" requirement which means they
are hoarding money and not providing services.
#iep #educationnotlitigation #selpa
#unroll @threadreaderapp
#iep #educationnotlitigation #selpa
#unroll @threadreaderapp
There are many concerns about #WESELPA (@UplandUnifiedSD, @AltaLomaSD, @CJUHSD and 6 other districts). Each of these Districts pay into the #WESELPA to support their special education students.
The link below is from the #Fiscal Crisis Management Team (#FCMAT), an independent
The link below is from the #Fiscal Crisis Management Team (#FCMAT), an independent
Public comments @ #WESELPA Program Advisory Committee (#PAC), the #SELPA spedheads from Advocate Peter Atwood:
“Some arithmetic: It captures the prevailing attitude that the #WESELPA reimburses 100% to litigate against kids, while only reimbursing 30% to actually do something
“Some arithmetic: It captures the prevailing attitude that the #WESELPA reimburses 100% to litigate against kids, while only reimbursing 30% to actually do something
for a kid. Ricky [#SELPA Administrator], and the rest of you, so long as the #SELPA makes its priorities that clear with its checkbook, any talk about wanting to work with parents or to do anything for kids is idle chatter. I have two outstanding cases with you all.?
Mary Kate Perez [of @CentralSD] is litigating a #Section504 due process case, and will shortly be getting an #IDEA filing at #OAH too, because she doesn't want to spend a few thousand dollars to help a kid who has crippling problems with reading due to his visual processing
SELPA harassment of service providers exposed, see comments made during WESELPA public comment period today. Posting with permission:
Public Comment
My name is Doug Stephey. I am an optometrist with a master’s degree in education. I have been providing Related Services to
Public Comment
My name is Doug Stephey. I am an optometrist with a master’s degree in education. I have been providing Related Services to
special needs kids for more than 30 years. These services are commonly known as vision therapy. Vision therapy has been written into the California education code for roughly 40-50 years. Let me briefly share some of my experiences with the West End SELPA:
1. In early 2018 a
1. In early 2018 a
parent asked for a vision IEE and named me as their provider of choice as is their right to do so. The parent was told I wouldn’t sign the agreement because I wouldn’t accept the West End SELPA’s arbitrary and capricious fee cap. I would not and will not accept an arbitrary and
@UplandUnifiedSD hired investigator to do surveillance on parents attorney and private tutor for $2,573.56
Be aware of how @UplandUnifiedSD tax dollars are being spent. Invoices obtained detail how Matthew Burris of the law firm of Fagen, Friedman and Fulfrost,
Be aware of how @UplandUnifiedSD tax dollars are being spent. Invoices obtained detail how Matthew Burris of the law firm of Fagen, Friedman and Fulfrost,
who represent @UplandUnifiedSD , hired another company (Nationwide Legal) to do surveillance on the attorney and private tutor of a family in the district.
According to their website, Nationwide legal specializes in “undercover investigations”. The website states:
According to their website, Nationwide legal specializes in “undercover investigations”. The website states:
“Do you need a male or female investigator to go undercover to gather valuable information for your business, personal life, court judgments….Are you looking for information regarding someone’s secretive past?.... Hire a skilled Private Investigator to find the truth. ”
Sharing with permission from parent;
Hi Elected Temecula Valley Unified School Board,
Since COVID-19 and school closure of 31 Temecula Valley USD schools affecting 29,000 students at many families are suffering financially, getting unemployment and can't pay rent.
Hi Elected Temecula Valley Unified School Board,
Since COVID-19 and school closure of 31 Temecula Valley USD schools affecting 29,000 students at many families are suffering financially, getting unemployment and can't pay rent.
Despite the national crisis, Temecula Valley USD has been using our tax payer dollars paying the firm Dannis Woliver Kelley in a federal lawsuit (March 16, March 17, March 20 and March 30 -documents are public)
pacermonitor.com/public/case/27…
The following attorneys at
pacermonitor.com/public/case/27…
The following attorneys at
Dannis Woliver Kelly are named in the document filed on March 16, 2020 (attached) in federal court in Los Angeles:
Sarah Sutherland, Esq, Shareholder - San Diego Office
Matthew J. Tamel, Esq. - San Francisco Office
Kasmire M. Brough, Esq, Special Counsel - San Francisco Office
Sarah Sutherland, Esq, Shareholder - San Diego Office
Matthew J. Tamel, Esq. - San Francisco Office
Kasmire M. Brough, Esq, Special Counsel - San Francisco Office
1/ Before I start getting bombarded by feminist groups for promoting Title IX Attorney’s wouldn’t you like to know my views or opinion before you rush to judgment about what I believe? For the conspiracy feminist’s the answer is NO I have never been accused of anything
2/ resembling a Title IX or rape charge. However, through my personal experiences I can identify and understand the pain caused for families and students have surrounding #falseallegations, inherent problems and frustrations working with uncooperative #Education & #HigherEd
3/ officials, the ludicrous Kangaroo disciplinary hearings our youth are put thru, the frustration of trying to explain to someone without lived experience what you or child needs help with or support with that does not exactly match up with what is in the four corners of the
#DisabilityTwitter #Madison disabled students need your help. Please spread the word & if you have expertise or clout also email the school board. Madison plans to buy a multi-million dollar facility to house (segregate) “alternative” students, aka disabled students, esp BIPOC.
Let @MMSDschools know that disabled students deserve to be integrated & included not isolated & incarcerated. This is the same district where a black disabled girl’s braids were ripped out & a black disabled teen was pinned & punched by 3 police officers. That’s just THIS YEAR!
PULA!! |Botswana 🇧🇼one of two countries in the world to achieve “high peace” since 2008 bit.ly/2zSMtR7
The international Institute for Economics and Peace #IEP has released its Positive Peace Report for 2017, in which it is reported that
Botswana is one of only two countries in the world to have graduated to a “high peace” ranking over the past decade.
