Share this page!

SEALs Profile picture
Twitter logo
21 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Do you want your children or grandchildren back in school? Would you at least like the option? The leadership of @CentralSchoolD1 doesn’t believe you should have that option and has refused to apply for a waiver as other districts in the area have done. Many families need the
option of their children returning to school. In a recent tweet from @CSBA_Now, they shared that students across the state have been returning to the classroom this month and so far public health officials report no significant increase in Covid-19 cases. When it comes to
schools reopening, @CentralSD leadership is on the wrong track. Vote for Mario Silva to bring a parent’s voice to the board, one who knows what young families are dealing with during these challenging times.

sites.google.com/view/votemario…
#unroll @threadreaderapp

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with SEALs

SEALs Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @SEALS_065

SEALs Profile picture
16 Sep
Advocates for Angels: Meet the Panelists!

➡️Marc Levine: Marc is a retired Special Education Judge. He retired to help families of children with special needs. He co-founded Levine & Maybaum, LLP, a law firm that specializes in matters involving special education.
➡️Rita Fernandez-Loof: Rita has led efforts to improve education for children with disabilities and educate parents about their children’s rights. She authored legislation (SB 1327—Soto) to strengthen protections for children with disabilities attending private schools, which
ultimately became law.

➡️ Raven Woods: Raven is a Special Education and IEP Advocate from Northern Virginia. She has advocated for children for over 14 years. Raven has advocated not only for her own child, but for thousands of families across the US.
Read 5 tweets
SEALs Profile picture
16 Sep
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
organization that was called in by Independent districts within #WESELPA because of lack of trust and transparency. This report was done in 2010 and the same issues still exist in 2020.

This report talks about the contingency fund (#Xpot)* that is used for legal fees, p29.
The report states that staff was skeptical if Xpot* was used for intended purposes, #Xpot may encourage undesirable practices, Xpot is not a source of funding, #SELPA members do not have a clear understanding. *the term Xpot is no longer used.

Report stated #SELPA needs
Read 6 tweets
SEALs Profile picture
16 Sep
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
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
Read 13 tweets
SEALs Profile picture
5 Sep
@CSBA_Now or California School Boards Association is a membership-driven association that provides policy resources and training to members and represents the statewide interest of public education through legal, political legislative, community and media advocacy as stated on
CSBA's website. @CSBA_Now offers
Premier Business Affiliate memberships to law firms that school districts use to litigate against families with disabled students. In particular, one law firm @F3Law Fagen, Friedman & Fultrust, is a Premier Business Affiliate at CSBA. This Premier
Business Affiliate membership is $25,000 per year. @CSBA_Now states "CSBA introduces its members (school board) directly to business affiliate companies, providing the unique opportunity for affiliates to shape current and potential customer attitudes toward products & services”.
Read 6 tweets
SEALs Profile picture
28 Aug
September 1, 2020, will be day 3 trail against special education student - @UplandUnifiedSD using taxpayer dollar intended for education students, paying a private law firm with our taxpayer dollars to fight not support a young girl with reading disability.
We are passionate about exposing the use of private law firms in Special Education at Districts like @UplandUnifiedSD (CA) and @TVUSD (CA).

Stop the #schooltoprisonpipeline. The lawyers at the private law firms approved by Board Member at @UplandUnifiedSD and @TVUSD
are taking an advantage of an opportunity to earn income from students with dyslexia and other disabilities.

The only people who win are the primarily white lawyers in law firms throughout CA who profit from students with disabilities.
Read 5 tweets
SEALs Profile picture
31 Jul
Comments to SB County Bd of Education: “My name is Gil Navarro. I have been a student Advocate for over 25 years. I am appalled in reading the following article from our local newspaper. A coalition led by Public Advocates and the American Civil Liberties Union formally
complained that the SB County Superintendent of schools, @SBCo_Supt_Ted, had allowed Districts he oversees to divert #LCFF funds into other purposes, including campus police.
I have recommended to the San Bernardino County School Board Members that they hire FCMAT ( Fiscal Crisis
and Management Assistance Team) because their "primary mission is to help California's local K-14 educational agencies identify, prevent and resolve financial, operational and data management challenges by providing management assistance and professional learning opportunities."
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get email notifications when new thread is out from this Author!

Check out other threads from this Author!

Read all threads by @SEALS_065