Post by tickety on Oct 14, 2005 9:45:17 GMT -5
I thought everyone would like to se this. This story is from the 9 news web site in Denver, Colorado
School district ordered to pay private-school fees for autistic boy
written by: Carrie Mc Clure Reporter
Created: 10/13/2005 10:19 PM MDT - Updated: 10/14/2005 7:59 AM MDT
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BERTHOUD - The Thompson School Board will be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on one of its ex-students -- an 11-year-old autistic boy.
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9news reporter Carrie McClure says the Thompson Valley School District is still deciding whether to appeal the ruling. Oct. 13, 2005. 10 p.m.
Luke Perkins went to Berthoud Elementary School, but his parents felt he wasn't receiving the proper education for his needs.
"He wasn't learning even the basic things he was going to need in life," says his father, Jeff Perkins.
The Perkins decided to enroll their son in the Boston Higashi School in January 2004. The school specializes in teaching children with special needs.
The tuition is over $130,000 a year, and its students live at the school.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act states all disabled children are entitled to a free and appropriate education. The Perkins felt their son wasn't getting the appropriate education for his needs, so a state hearing officer ruled the Thompson School Board should pay for the boy's tuition. Judge Michelle Norcross then upheld that decision earlier this month.
The School District tried fighting the ruling in court, paying over $100,000.
"It's a lot of money for one student," says School Board President, Becky Jay. "It's money that comes out of the funds for everybody else in the district."
Other parents are upset, too.
Joylin Daniels has a 9-year-old son in the district with cerebral palsy. "My son is entitled to get an education and I don't feel that he's going to be able to get the adequate education that he needs if we're having to spend $130,000 to send somebody else's child to a school on the other side of the country."
The school district will decide early next week whether it will appeal the ruling in district court.
School district ordered to pay private-school fees for autistic boy
written by: Carrie Mc Clure Reporter
Created: 10/13/2005 10:19 PM MDT - Updated: 10/14/2005 7:59 AM MDT
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BERTHOUD - The Thompson School Board will be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on one of its ex-students -- an 11-year-old autistic boy.
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9news reporter Carrie McClure says the Thompson Valley School District is still deciding whether to appeal the ruling. Oct. 13, 2005. 10 p.m.
Luke Perkins went to Berthoud Elementary School, but his parents felt he wasn't receiving the proper education for his needs.
"He wasn't learning even the basic things he was going to need in life," says his father, Jeff Perkins.
The Perkins decided to enroll their son in the Boston Higashi School in January 2004. The school specializes in teaching children with special needs.
The tuition is over $130,000 a year, and its students live at the school.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act states all disabled children are entitled to a free and appropriate education. The Perkins felt their son wasn't getting the appropriate education for his needs, so a state hearing officer ruled the Thompson School Board should pay for the boy's tuition. Judge Michelle Norcross then upheld that decision earlier this month.
The School District tried fighting the ruling in court, paying over $100,000.
"It's a lot of money for one student," says School Board President, Becky Jay. "It's money that comes out of the funds for everybody else in the district."
Other parents are upset, too.
Joylin Daniels has a 9-year-old son in the district with cerebral palsy. "My son is entitled to get an education and I don't feel that he's going to be able to get the adequate education that he needs if we're having to spend $130,000 to send somebody else's child to a school on the other side of the country."
The school district will decide early next week whether it will appeal the ruling in district court.