tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902738445352150022.post5221748426163874912..comments2020-08-23T21:20:54.927-04:00Comments on Charter-Free PS15: An Opposing ViewpointEmily Brown, moderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04153024890888557404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4902738445352150022.post-31507808551114074772008-04-14T12:31:00.000-04:002008-04-14T12:31:00.000-04:00With all due respect to the fact that you're entit...With all due respect to the fact that you're entitled to your opinion, you sound like a robot that works for the Department of Education. Yawn. Aside from pointing out obvious things, like the fluctuation in neighborhood populations, etc., I'd like to ask why you seem to think it's ok to give the Department of Education free rein over what happens in community schools? THEY WORK FOR THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN OF NEW YORK CITY, and they act as though parents know absolutely nothing about what's best for their own children, AND they act as though they're ENTITLED to full control over what happens in community schools. They're NOT. The drones over at the DOE are civil servants who only have jobs and salaries because our taxes pay for them. And their decisions are ludicrous most of the time. My family just won a 5 year battle to have a totally erroneous "special-ed" label taken off our son; have you ever been through one of the DOE's alleged "impartial hearings"? It's a kangaroo court. We had to go through a series of total b.s. meetings, hearings, evaluations, and finally, after having years of our (and our son's) time wasted, we got a lawyer AND a terrific judge who straightened the whole thing out. So yeah, I've had a dose of what the DOE's about - ever since my son's been enrolled in school - and to put it very politely, they're completely full of methane-producing substances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com