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tion students. The district maintains that its new programs have
improved its special education
offerings, making public schools
a better fit for students with all
types of disabilities.
Beers says the district is currently building up capacity so that
its classrooms are equipped to
teach children who were previously shunted into private schools.
And he cautions that these decisions are nuanced. “The mayor
wants to continue to see reductions in our nonpublic population.
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I have agreed ... that this is a goal
that we need to continue to pursue,” Beers said. “We won’t pursue it if we can’t ensure that kids
aren’t getting the services they
need. ... There’s no one who comes
to me when I make a recommendation ... and says, ‘Oh no, you
can’t do that because we don’t
have the money.’”
Meanwhile, in August 2012,
DCPS transferred Max to Tyler
Elementary School. Once again,
school administrators didn’t
realize Max had autism. Greg
and Maya had requested Emily Schneider, the only teacher
in D.C. certified in a special be-
Greg testifies
before the
DC Council’s
Education
Committee
on April 22,
2013.