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ASR's Violations of Massachusetts Education Law
TheWho:
So they dont have any licensed Special ed teachers.... This is why I encourage everyone to call for themselves because you hear half truths here.
Yes they dont have any licensed special ed teachers beacuse they dont have any special ed teachers....Ha,Ha,Ha, just like they dont have any licensed pilots...Ha,Ha,Ha,
Did they ask if they had licensed counselors? Didnt hear that one...we all know they do...... they are handing you bull here.
Call the school yourself or call:
Department of Education's Program Quality Assurance Services Unit (781) 338-3700.
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RobertBruce:
--- Quote from: ""TheWho"" ---So they dont have any licensed Special ed teachers.... This is why I encourage everyone to call for themselves because you hear half truths here.
Yes they dont have any licensed special ed teachers beacuse they dont have any special ed teachers....Ha,Ha,Ha, just like they dont have any licensed pilots...Ha,Ha,Ha,
Did they ask if they had licensed counselors? Didnt hear that one...we all know they do...... they are handing you bull here.
Call the school yourself or call:
Department of Education's Program Quality Assurance Services Unit (781) 338-3700.
..
--- End quote ---
We've been through all this once before Cindy. We already know they don't have any licensed counselors on regular staff. What they do have is three licensed social workers providing therapy for 100+ kids.
They are:
Francis Bartolomeo-Director of Counseling-Licensed Social Worker
Tanya Beecher- Clinical Counselor-Licensed Social Worker
Sabrina Herman-Clinical Counselor-Licensed Social Worker
According to the DoE ASR is a special needs school that is unlicensed by them. They are able to avoid licensure thanks to the 30% law they worked so hard to enact. Of course now the population of ASR's kids with special needs is much higher than 30% so it looks like the next step is to calls the EEC. According to the woman I spoke with at DoE in such a case as ASR's where they remain unlicensed, it is up to each kids district (including out of state) to ensure that all standards are being met by ASR and all laws being obeyed.
TheWho:
As a hypothetical situation. Lets say a small place opened on Boston and it served bagels and coffee. You could also read the many books they had around the Shoppe and purchase them or they would lend them to you to take home for a few days. The citys regulations state that a restaurant needs to have a minimum of 5 tables and this place doesn’t. Another person says they need to have a licensed librarian in order to lend books to the public. Another person says they should be a book store who serves food.
Which agency should they report to? Are they an evil place because they are fighting hiring a librarian? They are a great café that contributes to the neighborhood, people benefit from their services…there is no need to push to shut them down, it would be unjust.
ASR is in a similar situation:
In the state of Massachusetts they don’t have a category for Therapeutic boarding schools. So ASR fits partially under “Private Boarding school” , “Mental health facility”, “Special ed school” etc. but don’t need to adhere to all the requirements of all the categories.
Everyone is throwing around requirements like special ed teachers, how many licensed counselors do they need etc.
We need to look closely at the regulations and how they apply to each situation and school. This is why I refer to the State department because they have looked into it…..
Give them a call if you have any concerns
Department of Education's Program Quality Assurance Services Unit (781) 338-3700.
Troll Control:
Yes, they have no licensed special ed teachers which puts them in violation of the law because they take state funds for disabled children, which requires licensed special ed teachers - just another violation in a long list.
I noticed you skipped over the fact that they have no licensed teachers of any kind, special ed or "regular" teachers. When you carefully omit things you'd rather not have scrutinized it makes you look even worse.
Please save your analogies. No analogy is needed because it is a simple fact that ASR's teachers are all unlicensed, as verified by a quick call to the number you keep repeating. It's not that deep.
If this makes you angry and upset, take it up with ASR - they're the one's shortchanging the families, not me. Demand that they hire qualified licensed teachers!
RobertBruce:
We already have Cindy. Maybe its time you gave them a call and found out the truth for yourself.
Before you do that though let's take a look at your stupid analogy.
--- Quote ---As a hypothetical situation. Lets say a small place opened on Boston and it served bagels and coffee. You could also read the many books they had around the Shoppe and purchase them or they would lend them to you to take home for a few days. The citys regulations state that a restaurant needs to have a minimum of 5 tables and this place doesn’t. Another person says they need to have a licensed librarian in order to lend books to the public. Another person says they should be a book store who serves food.
Which agency should they report to? Are they an evil place because they are fighting hiring a librarian? They are a great café that contributes to the neighborhood, people benefit from their services…there is no need to push to shut them down, it would be unjust.
--- End quote ---
Let's say your bagel shop/library has had some complaints made to the health department concerning cleanliness.
Under your analogy the health inspector would show up only to be escorted off the property.
"What are you talking about? We aren't a resturant so you can't inspect us. We're just your run of the mill library, nothing more. Bagel shop? That's crazy talk!"
Once the health inspector leaves however its back to the oven to make some more of those disgusting bagels.
ASR is attempting to avoid regulation by claiming they have a foot in both camps, thus they dont fit into any classifcation. The reality however is they should be regulated by every agency that regulates the things they claim to be.
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