Thursday, March 15, 2012
Parents filled the Sharon Middle School conference room Wednesday night.
A majority of Sharon School Committee members said Wednesday night that changes to a program for autistic children next year are Superintendent Timothy Farmer's call, not theirs. The 4-2 vote came in front of -- and the request of -- a standing-room-only crowd of parents with children in the New England Center for Children-Sharon Public Schools partnership, as well as community members. Many in the audience wore orange and blue New England Center for Children badges. And a number of them passionately stated their preference to maintain the current program. Farmer has presented plans for a two-year transition to a Sharon Public Schools in-house program, starting in the fall. The district will provide one of the two teachers, rather than …
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Parents say they have unanswered questions.
The Sharon schools' partnership serving children on the autism spectrum should remain in place in the fall, the participating families tell the school committee. In a Feb. 27 letter and then during last Wednesday's school board meeting, parents said they're unclear why Director of Student Services Steven Kaplan has proposed changing the New England Center for Children-Sharon public schools partnership, even after meeting with him and Superintendent Timothy Farmer on Feb. 6. All 15 families affected want the program to remain this fall, one parent told the board. Kaplan told the school board Wednesday he considers his plan a staffing change, toward better serving a cohort of elementary students heading to Sharon Middle School, among other …
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Friday, February 3, 2012
School officials schedule Monday night meeting with parents to discuss their questions.
Fourteen Sharon families with autistic children say proposed changes to one program would lead to additional costs for services to students and staff. The parents outlined their concerns about the school administration's plans for changing the New England Center for Children-Sharon public schools partnership for students on the autism spectrum in a Jan. 24 letter to the school committee. Superintendent Timothy Farmer told the school board Wednesday night that he feels he and Director of Student Services Steven Kaplan "can address the issues that have been raised" during a meeting with parents at 7 p.m. Monday in the school committee conference room at the Sharon Middle School. "It would never be our intention to replace one program with …
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