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Special Ed
Story
Inflamatory
To the Editor:
Regarding the “news” story about special education in the Jan. 4 edition: what exactly was the purpose of that inflammatory piece?
It is obvious from the innuendo and manipulation of information that the author has an unstated agenda. Was it/fecessary to publish this article at this time? Is there any defensible reason to fuel the fires of resentment against those who learn differently from other students?
The article was so full of halftruths and manipulated statistics that the reader has no way of determining the truth. Increasing—“with no end in sight?” How many students are enrolled in the school system? How much has the “regular” school enrolled in the school system? How much has the “regular” school population grown since 1989? What percentage of the school population is in special education? What does the new wing of the elementary school. 93 percent of w'hieh is occupied by regular ed, have to do with special education? What percentage of administrative time is spent on other programs? Is there never a need to interview for teacher and aide positions in regular ed? Has the county never had to add a teacher in regular ed after the new’ year has started? Does the system receive state and federal monies for other services?
The majority of these special education pupils whom the author so easily asperses will be self-supporting, tax-paying citizens as adults. Isn’t that a good reason to avoid publishing biased articles which unnecessarily foster inappropirate resentment against special education?
The Value-of-the-Month at Rappahannock County Elementary School in January is kindness. It would be refreshing if the adults in the community could also learn these
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