tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852422397272068136.post380622444673524761..comments2023-12-26T17:10:25.915-06:00Comments on Muddling through Mayhem: New Direction?marythemomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08205319256573120866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852422397272068136.post-74828837569543370062011-10-30T22:43:36.836-05:002011-10-30T22:43:36.836-05:00ditto on the name. you probably missed it because ...ditto on the name. you probably missed it because it isn't capitalized.<br /><br />"by law all intervention strategies must be exhausted before considering the special school"<br /><br />Which law says ALL must be EXHAUSTED? I've become quite an expert thanks to you (OK, nowhere near an expert, but I have searched through the national and state laws a few times thanks to you, in addition to reading quite a few TX court cases.) The court cases I read did not require ALL strategies be exhausted. Only that some had been tried -- you can't go straight from regular ed classes to residential, but you don't need to attempt every step in between especially in urgent situations.<br /><br />You so need a lawyer. Tomorrow it sure would be good if you said to them "Have you consulted your ISD lawyers yet? Do they know what you've been saying and doing at these ARD meetings? Because I'm sure the ISD legal types would be pretty worried if they knew."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852422397272068136.post-15722603090614557672011-10-30T20:44:49.571-05:002011-10-30T20:44:49.571-05:00Real name alert.Real name alert.abriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09011852272421372985noreply@blogger.com