MSPEC Releases Statement on District's New Advisory Committee
Millburn-Short Hills Special Education Committee executive board writes a letter to the editor in response to the Millburn School District's recent actions.
At the Jan. 14 Board of Education meeting the Millburn-Short Hills Special Education Committee (M-SPEC) showed up in protest of the new parent advisory committee for special education in the district. Following the meeting, Superintendent Dr. James Crisfield responded to the organization's concerns to in the letter to the editor on Jan. 17. The following is a letter to the editor from MSPEC's executive board, sent to Patch on Jan. 19, in response to the administration's recent actions: We, as members of the Millburn-Short Hills community, are all rightfully proud of our school system and the quality of students it has produced for decades. This is the singular reason that many of us have moved here; to raise our children in an environment…
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Sue Freivald
11:25 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013
"More rational voice at the table?" There will be NO voice at the table, not from informed parents, anyway. Here's the thing--when the parents in the committee are picked by the administration and are run by the administration, then they are not a voice, they're just placeholders to fulfill a legal requirement. Regardless of what else one may think, WHY would a superintendent choose this type of … more ›