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Re: More Staff Leaving the High School?????

Sad State of Affairs
Remembering
The City of Melrose has a long way to go with all the legal fees first. The SC is more to blame than the superintendent. Our School Committee is Cyndi\\\'s boss and has the power to let her go at anytime.
All Spin and Lies
More are leaving the district again.

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From Wicked local:
Mayor Rob Dolan has been named a finalist for the position of Lynnfield Town Administrator.

Dolan was announced as one of two finalists for the Lynnfield position at the town’s Dec. 11 Board of Selectmen meeting.

A screening committee set up to review applicants reported nearly 40 candidates came forward for the position. Of those, a consultant recommended nine candidates, which the committee narrowed down to four.

Dolan and current Lynnfield Assistant to the Administration Robert Curtin are the two finalists that remain in the running for the job.

The following is a statement by Dolan regarding being named a finalist for the position:

“Due to the recently announced departure of the Lynnfield Town Administrator, an unanticipated and unique opportunity arose for me and my family. I chose to explore the position due to the professional opportunity it presents, and I am honored to have been named a finalist for the position of Lynnfield Town Administrator. After much reflection, I have decided to continue on with the process. I have had the privilege of serving the citizens of Melrose for 24 years as an elected official and 16 as mayor. As the selection process continues to unfold, I will keep the citizens of Melrose up to date every step of the way.”

The current Lynnfield Town Administrator, James M. Boudreau, has held the position since 2014, having previously held the same position in Norwell.

Dolan has been Mayor of Melrose since 2002. He graduated from Melrose High School in 1989 and was a member of the Melrose School Committee from 1994 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002 he served on the Board of Aldermen as Alderman-At-Large, and was President of the Board in 2001.

Further updates to this story will be reported when they become available.

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From the Boston Globe 3 hours ago: "Should Dolan vacate his seat to take the Lynnfield job prior to the start of the third year of his four-year term on Jan. 8, the Melrose charter provides that a special election would have to be called within 90 days to fill the seat. If the seat became vacant on Jan. 8 or after, it would be filled by the president of the Board of Aldermen, according to city solicitor Robert Van Campen."

Simply put, if Dolan is selected for the job and wants to keep the current President of the Board of Alderman and local Republican Don Conn from finishing out his term, he simply needs to vacate his seat before January 8th. That would force a special election which would probably result in a Democrat being elected.

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The SC that voted to keep Taymore guess what, they are leaving and that includes the mayor. Thanks for your assistance in leaving the most costly superintendent in Melrose. She has been here five years what has she done? We as a family are worried that Dolan has done more damage and wants out before the residents know what is going on.

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A faceoff in Lynnfield
DEC 20. 2017

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Faceoff is one of those words tailor-made to stir up excitement, and the faceoff between two candidates for the Lynnfield Town Administrator job tonight deserves to draw an audience when the Board of Selectmen begins interviewing the contenders at 6 p.m. in MarketStreet’s Al Merritt meeting room.

Board Chairman Christopher Barrett and his fellow selectmen have an interesting decision to make. One of the contenders for outgoing Administrator James Boudreau’s job is Robert Dolan, the mayor of Melrose who was first elected in 2002. The other finalist is Robert Curtin, a well-known name around town and assistant to the town administrator for the past eight years.

The contenders’ contrasting backgrounds and experience puts the selectmen at a crossroads when it comes to deciding the direction the town should go and who is best suited as administrator to take it in that direction.

Curtin knows Lynnfield inside and out as a town official and local newspaper editor (Lynnfield Weekly News). He knows the selectmen, the priorities they have set and, most important, he knows what Lynnfield people think about and how they feel about the town.

Mayors don’t often seek out town government jobs but Dolan has managed to survive a screening committee and hiring consultant review to be a finalist for the administrator job.

His long tenure in office speaks to his popularity in Melrose and his understanding of municipal affairs. Being mayor of even a small city involves gaining a working knowledge of state and federal government and making connections with legislators, even members of Congress.

It also means grasping an understanding of budget crafting, state and federal laws that translate into expensive local mandates and gaining experience with labor unions and liability laws. All that experience doesn’t mean Dolan can jump from a mayorship to the administrator’s job with seamless ease.

Curtin, on the other hand, is the candidate who can simply walk a few feet from his Town Hall desk to the one now used by Boudreau. He is also, in many respects, the person best positioned to know the pressing matters now occupying Boudreau’s inbox and Curtin knows the concerns, including finances, sure to be priorities in 2018 for the Board of Selectmen and the new administrator.

Town government is inclined more often than not to subscribe to the time-honored “if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it” school of thought. With Boudreau headed to presumably greener pastures on the South Shore, Curtin is certainly equipped to keep Lynnfield on a steady course. Then again, with plans for a new library underway and a public safety building on the horizon, maybe a candidate with city government skills is a better fit for the administrator job.

The selectmen will have plenty of questions to ask Curtin and Dolan but the most important questions will be the ones they ask each other. They were elected to serve on the board with a mandate from town voters. Now they must ask themselves and their fellow board members how they should carry out that mandate when it comes to hiring a new administrator.Dolan and Curtin. Wednesday Dec 20 2017; Beginningy at 6 P.M .At the Al Merritt Center and Cultural Center'600 Market ST Lynnfield mass.

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Mayor Dolan comes out let us know if he got the job.

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By Matthew Reid
mreid@wickedlocal.com
Posted Dec 21, 2017 at 8:15 AM Updated Dec 21, 2017 at 8:18 AM

By a unanimous 3-0 vote, the Lynnfield Board of Selectmen named Melrose Mayor Rob Dolan as the town’s new Town Administrator at their meeting Wednesday, Dec. 20.

Dolan was one of two finalists for the position, along with current Lynnfield Assistant to the Administration Robert Curtin, who had been the interim Town Administrator since the departure of James M. Boudreau earlier this month.

A screening committee set up to review applicants reported nearly 40 candidates came forward for the position. Of those, a consultant recommended nine candidates, which the committee narrowed down to four.

In the end, it was Dolan’s experience running the city of Melrose, including his work overseeing the city’s budget, that made him the chosen candidate.

″[Seeking the Lynnfield Town Administrator job] was not a decision I made lightly, but from a professional standpoint it was one I felt was best for me and my family,” Dolan told the Free Press leading up to the meeting Wednesday. In a statement to the people of Melrose, he added, “I have had the privilege of serving the citizens of Melrose for 24 years as an elected official and 16 as mayor.”

He referred to the Lynnfield job as an “unanticipated and unique opportunity.”

Dolan has been Mayor of Melrose since 2002. He graduated from Melrose High School in 1989 and was a member of the Melrose School Committee from 1994 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002 he served on the Board of Aldermen as Alderman-At-Large, and was President of the Board in 2001.

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MELORSE, MA — There are Melrosians driving cars today that have never known life without Mayor Robert Dolan in charge. Now, after Dolan was unanimously approved as Lynnfield Town Administrator in a Wednesday night meeting, all eyes are on who will be next.

Dolan's 16-year-run indisputably transformed Melrose. While there is much to reflect on and celebrate, many are now asking who will take his place.

Much hinges on just when Dolan vacates the Mayor's office.

Melrose is going through some major changes! Subscribe to Melrose Patch for free for more local news and real-time alerts.

The City Charter states that if a vacancy occurs within the first two years of a term, then a special election will be held within 90 days of the vacancy. The winner of that election would hold the office until the initial term of the original mayor was set to expire.

If the office becomes vacant after the beginning of the mayor's third year, the president of the Board of Aldermen would assume the role of mayor. You can read the Section 3-10 of the City Charter below.

The third year of Dolan's four-year term would begin Jan. 8. The Mayor's office told Patch the date Dolan would vacate office is still undetermined.

Dolan is expected to start in Lynnfield in early February.

President Donald Conn Jr. lost his reelection bid in November and will leave office Jan. 8. The incoming board chose Mike Zwirko to succeed Conn on Dec. 4, but that was in a nonbonding caucus. A formal vote will take place on Jan. 8, and it's now looking like a more competitive race.

The Melrose Free Press reports Aldermen John Tramontozzi, Gail Infurna, and Monica Medeiros will be vying for the presidency now that it could essentially be a vote for mayor.

While some residents may be surprised to hear a person who was never on the mayoral ballot may be running the city, the City Charter makes the process clear. The charter was recently reviewed, and Patch was told the provision regarding a mayoral vacancy was not brought up for consideration.

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SECTION 3-10: VACANCY IN OFFICE OF MAYOR

(a) Special Election - If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs during the first 2 years of the term for which the mayor is elected, whether by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, incapacity, or otherwise, the board of aldermen shall immediately, in the manner provided in section 7-1, order a special election to be held within 90 days following the date the vacancy is created, to fill the vacancy for the balance of the then unexpired term. If a regular city election is to be held within 120 days following the date the vacancy is created a special election need not be held and the position shall be filled by vote at such regular election.

(b) President of Aldermen To Serve As Mayor - If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs in the third or fourth year of the term for which the mayor is elected, whether by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, or otherwise, the president of the board of aldermen shall become the mayor. Upon the qualification of the president of the board of aldermen as the mayor, under this section, a vacancy shall exist in that seat on the board of aldermen which shall be filled in the manner provided in section 2-11. A president serving as mayor under this subsection shall not be subject to the restrictions contained in the third sentence of section 3-1(a), nor shall that person be entitled to have the words "candidate for re-election" printed against their name on the election ballot.

(c) Powers, Term of Office - The mayor elected under Section 3-10(a) or (b) shall have all the powers of the mayor. A person elected under subsection (a), shall serve for the balance of the term unexpired at the time of election to the office. A person chosen under subsection (b), shall serve until the time of the next regular election at which time the person elected to fill the office for the ensuing term of office shall serve, in addition, for the balance of the then unexpired term.:

Re: More Staff Leaving the High School?????

Ms. Taymore should be leaving.

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What an embarrassment and liability this administration is!

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These people have no shame! How can Taymore and Driscoll look people in the eyes and say that they are for educational excellence when they lack a basic understanding of transparency and honesty towards the residents of Melrose.

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This 21 page string created and maintained by the lunatics of Melrose needs to die a quick and painless death. Transparency is the most overused word in government.

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March 14, 2018 the seniors will walk out of MHS for 17 minutes around ten o'clock. The protest is to enforce new gun laws. Power to all the students at MHS.For the victims and stronger gun control.

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The discomfort of thought has the potential to draw in a crowd. But it can’t happen without more truth, openness, and debate first.

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The City is in such a tailspin covering up the school issues and the drug problems. Look out for yourself and your own interests.Because the leadership in this City has "gone along to get along" for so long that they deny and avoid all conflict and can't handle a municipal budget in an honest and equitable way. So, take care of yourself and your family.

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shame
The SC that voted to keep Taymore guess what, they are leaving and that includes the mayor. Thanks for your assistance in leaving the most costly superintendent in Melrose. She has been here five years what has she done? We as a family are worried that Dolan has done more damage and wants out before the residents know what is going on.
CT and PWL will never be able to find jobs in another district. The risk to a school district is too great with their history of OCR violations and other misdeeds..unless they find another district as foolhardy as the Melrose School Committee to hire them.

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Diamond
shame
The SC that voted to keep Taymore guess what, they are leaving and that includes the mayor. Thanks for your assistance in leaving the most costly superintendent in Melrose. She has been here five years what has she done? We as a family are worried that Dolan has done more damage and wants out before the residents know what is going on.
CT and PWL will never be able to find jobs in another district. The risk to a school district is too great with their history of OCR violations and other misdeeds..unless they find another district as foolhardy as the Melrose School Committee to hire them.
There are lots of districts in the same mess that we are in. There is a real lack of true leaders, due to the fact that many of these "leaders" get into education simply to be "in charge". They spend no time actually teaching, and their knowledge of both teaching and leading is sorely lacking. Unfortunately, I think they could find jobs in other places- there are a lot of desperate places.

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Folks - stop this ridiculous discussion! She is an arrogant, egotistical bureaucrat who will leave when she finishes her current term so that she can maximize her retirement benefits - and the school committee will not let her go and admit they made a mistake.

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I do! Freedom of speech on an open message board - please seek other message boards if you are too offended - otherwise - accept the criteria for posting - anonymity & freedom of speech!

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Lesson to be learned: Change the school superintendent . short of this nothing changes.

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It's about being accountable..What has to happen for someone to read into this major problem in Melrose.

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Real leadership is needed in Melrose.

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Melrose Resident
Real leadership is needed in Melrose.
Clean the swamp fast.

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clean the swamp
Melrose Resident
Real leadership is needed in Melrose.
Clean the swamp fast.
Fake leadership is all it is and fake hires for the past five years. Clean the swamp is correct.

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Regardless of who is our current Mayor, the problem lies within the City Charter. The Charter is what needs to be changed.

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All Spin and Lies.

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Absolutely NO override.

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Just think about the fact that the last 3 Speakers of the House in Mass have been convicted of felonies and two have been jailed - tells you all you need to know about the political corruption in this single party state.

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The exodus is well beyond the high school; it's K-12. I've had many a conversation with previous and current teachers about the MPS. The young ones ask: "Is it me or is this school system without organization?" The veteran's clarion cry is: "It will never change. No accountability from the mayor down. If your kid is AP you're OK. If not your kid is screwed. Glad when I can retire." Within that morass are many -- not all -- dedicated professionals. The reason so many parents send their kids outside the public schools is they know the culture of the school system is bereft of any organization and accountability. Melrose rides the PR horse for its location and RE turnover. Young people come in with false illusions of the city and schools, stay 3-5 years and then escape. The RE folks love it while the masses get taxed for less than adequate services. If you don't believe the aforementioned,get a copy of the independent 1990 and 2000 and 2010 NEASC accreditation reports about the high school and follow the dots of their concerns the past 30 years.

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The city made the Police get the 30,000 dollar Pomeroy audit and it actually showed they were operating understaffed and underfunded causing dangerous conditions in the City. I’m sure an audit will expose the funding shellgame being played. Know it is time for the school to go audit.

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There are so many employees jumping ship midyear at the high school the system can't keep up. Within the last month four employees quit from the same special needs class and the reasons have nothing to do with the students, though this type of wreakless abandon negatively impacts students who are used to and depend on routine. Don't get me wrong, it's with good reason and self preservation people went elsewhere. Perhaps the administers of the school should look into the reasons every single Paraprofessional couldn't even hang on until years end, because trust me,there are legitimate severe concerns that should have been addressed a few years ago.

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Sorry, but I have no idea what chaios is, nor do I have any idea what wreakless abandon is.

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What?
Sorry, but I have no idea what chaios is, nor do I have any idea what wreakless abandon is.
Chaos had a typo, whoops, big deal. If you don't know the definition of wreakless abandon, you're too stupid to be on this site. Oh, good try to ignore the bigger problem by focusing, or should I say redirecting on a trivial misspelling instead of the the poster's message. Nothing like trying to marginalize the topic currently at hand.

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reckless abandon

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Prof. Correctipants Jr.
reckless abandon
The professor is in desperate need of a pull-up...and a life.

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Not true. I simply feel that when someone is calling someone else stupid, they should at least get the term correct themselves!

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Thank you. It appears that you share my feeling that correct spelling and punctuation are critical for effective communication, and that it was, in fact, not my comment that marginalized the poster's point, but the poster's own dreadful spelling that did that. I wonder if either of those two dimwits can even spell dictionary, let alone use one. Stupid is as stupid does, I guess - like giving the launch codes to someone who can't pronounce nuclear correctly. Nucular? WTF is that? Part of an eyeball?

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What?
Thank you. It appears that you share my feeling that correct spelling and punctuation are critical for effective communication, and that it was, in fact, not my comment that marginalized the poster\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s point, but the poster\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s own dreadful spelling that did that. I wonder if either of those two dimwits can even spell dictionary, let alone use one. Stupid is as stupid does, I guess - like giving the launch codes to someone who can\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t pronounce nuclear correctly. Nucular? WTF is that? Part of an eyeball?
Here we go again with the mindless babble of the incredibly stupid. If you are going to correct spelling and grammar don't forget with your own quotation marks, "Stupid is as stupid does." Melrose, wtf is wrong with You? These paid spin doctors working on our dime with nothing but time on their hands but to discredit the truth. Apparently, "You can't handle the truth." Read between the lines or are they too blurred for you? MAGAs get back to your meanial civil service jobs covering up for the likes of our fake mayor, disfunctional and delusional Driscoll, PAYMORE to herself and her friends with that pot of money you hide in SPED. Flunky Farrell probably can't find where she hid it so she needs to rely on the help from Zammuto while giving SEEM a financial break. Meanwhile our kids are Pod-People, unable to attend school in their own neighborhoods so SEEM reaps all the benefits of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not and Beebee...thats the buzz.

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The etymology for stupid is as stupid does is as follows: Modeled after handsome is as handsome does, attested to since at least 1862. Although Tom Hanks as Forest Gump did say it in the movie, the expression has existed for many years prior to the making of the movie. Therefore, it does not require quotation marks, since it is common usage.

I have no idea how you arrived at the conclusion that I was spinning anything. For the record, I think the entire school administration should be fired. The same goes for those twits on the School Committee. I couldn't stand the former Mayor, and am glad he's gone. Unfortunately the charter is so poorly written we are now stuck with Infurna, who takes her direction from Dolan and his remaining lackeys. We've got school buildings not being used as school buildings, and at the same time just spent six million bucks on modulars at Winthrop.

My meanial civil service job? I don't have one, nor do I have a menial civil service job. Additionally I don't understand what Beebee is.

I guess the bottom line is this - if you want my attention, and you want to be taken seriously, speak English. You also may want to spend some time reading up on appropriate paragraph construction, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments. Otherwise, get out of my face. I have no time to waste on an ignoramus.

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Dear Ms/r. know it all. Kiss my bl@ck/red, white and blue a$$.

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We live in a country that had a President who couldn’t pronounce nuclear correctly, so an entire news network started pronouncing it incorrectly so he wouldn’t sound stupid! Sad.

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Get over yourselves

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i no Comey; write? Just cuz you and i doesnt right as gud as them their like all your not as gud as us. There the stupid ones and people listen too me and yew.

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Cover up
Dear Ms/r. know it all. Kiss my bl@ck/red, white and blue a$$.
Now there's an intelligent response. I rest my case.

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The system has failed the special needs students when the administration came in 2008- 2009.

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There is a way to adequately educate special needs students, but our MPS aren't doing it-especially not for those students of color. When poor parents and parents of color fight for their children they are seen as aggressive... They are treated as if they don't know what they are talking about.

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Sue
The system has failed the special needs students when the administration came in 2008- 2009.
It was doing poorly under Casey in 2007 and those he brought with him. It really started to sink to the lowest depth in July 2012 with the arrival of Taymore and her crew though they still kept the unbelievable inept PWL in SPED.

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All special education teachers's must earn their bachelor's degree before teaching special education, but some states require an additional master's degree and/or certification in special education. Some states may require a license to teach in a public school setting. Sadly this teacher has not received what is needed to teach special needs children. The superintendent hires many without the correct certification.

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Close
Sue
The system has failed the special needs students when the administration came in 2008- 2009.
It was doing poorly under Casey in 2007 and those he brought with him. It really started to sink to the lowest depth in July 2012 with the arrival of Taymore and her crew though they still kept the unbelievable inept PWL in SPED.
The High School should have there heads examined whom ever hired this special needs hoax.

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MH
There is a way to adequately educate special needs students, but our MPS aren't doing it-especially not for those students of color. When poor parents and parents of color fight for their children they are seen as aggressive... They are treated as if they don't know what they are talking about.
In my experience, most districts try to cut corners with regard to SPED whenever they can. I think the only way parents can get their kids what they really need, unfortunately, is to make sure testing is done correctly, be extremely well-versed in SPED law, and to raise holy hell at the outset of the process. Most vocal parents who advocate strongly for their kids (whether they are people of color, poor, well-spoken, rich, white, townies, new transplants, English learners, whatever) are talked about by admin as being aggressive and/or difficult. But, guess what? If they know the law and their kids need services, they are the ones who get them. The school system will drag its feet to save money for as long as they can. There was a time long ago when parents could manipulate the system to get kids services that they probably didn't need. The backlash of that is that many districts try to withhold services whenever they can to save money. People who know the law and know how to threaten legal action will always be the ones who get their kids services. Not fair, but it is the way it is.

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