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Started by Virgil Cook
Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:32
Residential Schools Versus Main-streaming
Author: Virgil Cook
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:32
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:32
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Index Number: 26403 A central issue in the controversy over residential schools versus main-streaming is the needs of the individual students. Granted student rights under 94-142, many school systems-- especially the poorer ones--cannot provide blind students with either properly trained teachers or material to provide an adequate learning environment. If particular students need the intensive training available only in the residential schools for any portion--however small--of their elementary and secondary education, then that training should be available, even when a school district must underwrite the cost of sending students to such schools. A neutral panel should determine whether these students should attend the residential schools, for local school districts will usually argue that they can meet the students' needs, placing their wish to save money above the students' needs. There is currently a move in Virginia to force local school districts to pay a portion of the cost of sending children to the state's two residential schools. ************************************************************************* | Virgil A. Cook VOICE 703-231-6568 | | Department of English Fax 730-231-5692 | | Virginia Tech E-MAIL- | | Williams Hall Internet: VCOOK@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU | | BLACKSBURG, VA 24061-0112 BITNET: VCOOK@VTVM2.BITNET | *************************************************************************
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