VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY

Exterminating Special Education

Guest columnist Vicky Maronyan writes about her battles with the LAUSD to get the programs that would help her child meet her full potential.

“I knocked on doors and met with district officials and made sure that my daughter’s needs were on their radars; they became very familiar with my name, my face, and, most importantly, my voice.”

- Vicky Maronyan

The LAUSD is a huge bureaucracy where the needs of an individual student are often lost. This is especially true if the child has special educational needs and requires an individualized plan to meet their full potential. These plans perplex the Beaudry Bureaucrats who prefer standardization and despise anything that will add costs to the budget.

Vicky Maronyan is a tenacious parent who has fought the system on behalf of her daughter, who is on the autism spectrum. Unfortunately, for every victory that she achieves on behalf of her child a new obstacle is put in her way. The following is her story in her own words: