TO: LAUSD Department of Special Education and the LAUSD Board:
As teachers and assistants of students at Banneker Special Education School we urgently petition the Los Angeles Unified School District to halt the proposed 17% cut in the number of staff working with students with Moderate/Severe Disabilities. The physical, emotional, educational and safety needs of the District's most vulnerable students must not be sacrificed by imposing drastic and potentially life-endangering cuts on humanity's smallest and most voiceless minority. We beg you not to change the ratio of students/staff from the historic standard of 3.0 to 1, to 3.5 to 1. The consequences would be real. We hope they would not be tragic as well.
We have submitted a formal request for a meeting with the District office to review the safety implications of these proposed ratio changes. Our legal team is currently drafting a memorandum to outline how these cuts breach existing support standards for our students.
May 10, 2012
The growth of this petition shows the board that the community is tracking these proposed ratio changes. I am finalizing a formal request for a meeting with the Department of Special Education to present these concerns directly.
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Mike Salazar
14 years ago
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17% cut is insane. those teachers are already swamped as it is. keep the ratios where they are before someone gets hurt.
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Jessica Obi
14 years ago
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UNACCEPTABLE. stop looking at these kids like they are just numbers on a spreadsheet. shame on you lausd.
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Sarah Castro
14 years ago
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my son goes here and he needs the help he gets now. these kids cant just be left behind because of money. dont do this to them.
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TO: LAUSD Department of Special Education and the LAUSD Board:
As teachers and assistants of students at Banneker Special Education School we urgently petition the Los Angeles Unified School District to halt the proposed 17% cut in the number of staff working with students with Moderate/Severe Disabilities. The physical, emotional, educational and safety needs of the District's most vulnerable students must not be sacrificed by imposing drastic and potentially life-endangering cuts on humanity's smallest and most voiceless minority. We beg you not to change the ratio of students/staff from the historic standard of 3.0 to 1, to 3.5 to 1. The consequences would be real. We hope they would not be tragic as well.
We have submitted a formal request for a meeting with the District office to review the safety implications of these proposed ratio changes. Our legal team is currently drafting a memorandum to outline how these cuts breach existing support standards for our students.
May 10, 2012
The growth of this petition shows the board that the community is tracking these proposed ratio changes. I am finalizing a formal request for a meeting with the Department of Special Education to present these concerns directly.
3 Comments
M
Mike Salazar
14 years ago
Featured
17% cut is insane. those teachers are already swamped as it is. keep the ratios where they are before someone gets hurt.
J
Jessica Obi
14 years ago
Featured
UNACCEPTABLE. stop looking at these kids like they are just numbers on a spreadsheet. shame on you lausd.
S
Sarah Castro
14 years ago
Featured
my son goes here and he needs the help he gets now. these kids cant just be left behind because of money. dont do this to them.
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17% cut is insane. those teachers are already swamped as it is. keep the ratios where they are before someone gets hurt.