Many Thanks to Charmaine Thaner and Amy Langerman for this interesting and informative interview. If you missed it, you can view the recording on our Facebook page at the link below.
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This Month's Topic:
Fighting For Our Children To Belong
An Arizona family has been standing up to their son’s school district for two years. Their son, who happens to have Down syndrome, was making progress while in his kindergarten class with support of a paraprofessional and some pull out to a special education resource room. In December of his kindergarten year, his parents were notified that he would have to change schools.
The district wanted him to be bussed to a different school, where he would be in a special education class for almost the entire school day. His parents believed this decision was made to save money. Their son is in second grade now; and, because of parental rights, he has remained in his neighborhood school while a final court decision is made. This case is now set to be heard in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Members and friends of TVDSA will have a chance to hear one of the family’s attorneys speak about the possible repercussions of this case for families in Idaho and other states across the country and how we can speak up for our children so they will be seen as competent learners and welcomed in their neighborhood schools
Join in this discussion from the comfort of your own home! TVDSA’s February Family Night will be a Facebook live show on Thursday, February 22, at 7:00 pm. All you have to do is click on our TVDSA Facebook page to view the live show and join the discussion by typing in your comments and questions. The replay of the show will remain on the TVDSA Facebook page
Charmaine Thaner, TVDSA Board member, will be interviewing Amy Langerman, Appellate Counsel for the family. If you aren’t able to be with us live and want a question asked during the show, email c.thaner@ idahodownsyndrome.org
When:
Thursday, February 22nd
7:00 pm
Where:
Contact:
For more information please contact Charmaine Thaner at c.thaner@idahodownsyndrome.
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Pay your membership fee online when submitting the online form. If you need to submit and pay a membership by mail, contact us at membership@idahodownsyndrome.org for additional information.
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