Manatee County about to cut services for children.
by Craig Bachler
It was reported several weeks ago, on Nov 17,2007 that the Manatee County School District was about to pull the plug on the LLI Program. For those of you unfamiliar with this program, it is an intensive approach to assist children with language issues (no, not bad words).
This program has demonstrated success including my child. The real reason wasn't stated as to why the program is being eliminated. According to Jeffery Schneidleman ( sorry Dr. Schneidleman) the program is outdated and children are better off being "mainstreamed". Guess what, this is a bunch of horse crap. It is all about money.
Our beloved Superintendent Roger Dearing ( sorry, another Dr.) doesn't even have a plan on how these loss services will be made up. Under the requirements IDEA, the district must have the services in place, thus is the district breaking the law or just perhaps bending it.
Maybe Dearing should get rid of all the overpaid administrators, the savings would be huge and the money can go to education. When there is a 2 to 1 ratio of administrators to teachers, there is a problem. Under Dearing, our budget has exploded because of hiring more of his friends into positions that are not needed.
Before we get rid of services, maybe we should get rid of our Superintendent and hire a person that is focused on children and not his political buddies.
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