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-They tend to treat special education as “one size fits all” - a place to go to, not a service
-They tend to get recognized with State and National awards in many areas as an Exemplary School District. Our three boys, now in college, benefited from the focus on advanced placement and other high end academics, sports and band.
-In regarding to teaching children with high functioning autism the gap is large.
-There is little to no trained staff
-The programs are not structured correctly
-There is resistence to change
-This results in daily “things gone wrong”
-We are losing the benefit of eduction at a critical time. The University of Michigan is concerned that some of our daughter’s abilities will stop progressing in her teen years. While time is of the essence, Troy is developing their capabilities in slow motion.
-The Troy District seems to recognize the requirements of IDEA and NCLB. They are a participant in the State Wide START Training, but tend to act non committal to some requests claiming there is not the demand for services we ask for.
-Districts that excel at autism, like Clarkston, are overwhelmed with the families moving in their District to receive services
-Troy has suggesed that we might have to drive our daughter to Clarkston. We don’t believe that Districts should be able to opt out of IDEA/NCLB. We don’t live in a “County center school” - we pay taxes and live in Troy.
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