By Jove, Someone Is Paying Attention Over In The ESE Department

I will take a day off from by broad brush attacks against the HCPS that were based on my two decades of countless numbers of isolated incidents to send out some "kudo's" over to the HCPS ESE website people. If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Carullo must own some stock in the use of the word "kudos", so I am not trying to confiscate his word.


Although it is apparent "they" have given up on the ESE newsletter's to the parents and staff as I still "check back often" as the directions used to say, I did happen to see that there were some major updates in their IDEA 2004 information links.

Frequent readers, who really take the time to read this stuff, I am sure remember this post I made in August:

Motel Special Ed: Are ESE Personnel, including teachers, being made Patsies?

I had used occupational therapy as an example of how misguided their information was because I assume the District is looking over their back waiting for the next State Complaint regarding how they provide, or don't provide, occupational and physical therapy as a related service under IDEA 2004.

And then there were the issues I raised at this link, Motel Special Ed: Why Parents Get Angry When They Learn The Truth


Well, forget those broad brush attacks. Their website seems to have taken a major "truth is reality" turn for the better. Whatever gobbledy gook that was there before about having a double eligibility requirement for occupational therapy is now gone.

An easy way to see the improvement for IEE information is to compare this old 2007 link to this new link HCPS ESE Fast Facts and then click on "Independent Eduational Evaluation" tab #9.



I wonder who was responsible for this new information, and why now.