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Special Education in Los Angeles is in Crisis

The LAUSD SpEd Committee has missed opportunities to provide parent input into how services are delivered. Will this year be any different?

“We have a parent who sits with her son every day because there is no one-on-one to safely transfer her son in and out of his walker. They haven’t even gotten a call back to hear what is going on with that.”

– Parent/Teacher speaking at SpEd Committee meeting

On Wednesday, September 11th the LAUSD Special Education Committee held its first meeting of the new school year. Scott M. Schmerelson returns this year as the Committee’s Chairperson, joined by LAUSD Board Members Dr. George McKenna and Dr. Rocio Rivas. While the District has added a member to the Committee, parents have much less representation; last year five committee members were parents and this year only two are.