Posted on 05/18/2008 12:31:17 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
Rebecca Maykish is 17 and dreads school so much that she stopped going regularly.
In fourth grade.
Those days off have come at a price to her school district and the Palmerton taxpayers who support it. Since 2004, the Palmerton Area School Board has authorized payments of more than $45,000 to help Rebecca make up for her missed school days. Rebecca's mother, Barbara, has used the money for at-home tutoring and education software purchases. She has also spent it on modeling classes for Rebecca, subscriptions to teen magazines, and travel to New York and Toronto with a summer camp.
All of the expenses were approved by the district.
Until December, Rebecca's education was paid through a compensatory education fund, which is supported through local property taxes and controlled by the school board. Compensatory education funds are distributed to students whose school districts have failed to give them an appropriate education, as required by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...
I am happy that this girl was able to get out of going to that prison with textbooks. It’s sad to think of all the kinds who have gone through what she no doubt has but were forced to drag themselves into school day after day, week after week, and year after year.
The American public needs to stop using those places.
Notice that the mother won't homeschool the child because she doesn't feel capable enough, but she spent the money that was supposed to be for tutoring on everything but...
That might tell you something, too.
No she isn't, she's in Pennsylvania, although for part of last year she went to a private boarding school in California. She was scared there, too.
Good point!
Perhaps the girl isn’t mentally ill at all. Could be she is entirely rational.
By the way, the article states that the mother has been brought into court on truancy charges many times, fined $11,000, and now has her house for sale in an effort to pay school truancy fines.
Remember! Behind **every** government school teacher and principal stand armed policemen, courts, and foster care workers fully prepared to make a parent’s life a living legal hell! ( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!)
From the article, it appears that what you need to do is (1) find pyschologists and psychiatrists to say your children can't go to school because it's too stressful for them, then (2) hire a lawyer to argue that the school needs to pay for alternative education because your child can't go to regular school, and (3) fight all the way up to the state board of education when the district tells you you're full of beans.
I smell a setup for a lifetime disability check here.
“Behind **every** government ... and foster care workers fully prepared to make a parent’s life a living legal hell!”
You have no idea what the Hell you’re talking about.
Nope, the mother says in the article that she doesn't homeschool her "Barbara Maykish has opted not to homeschool her, saying she worried that she would not be able to help Rebecca with her math and writing problems." Right before this sentence the readers find out that the girl has very limited writing skills and can only do 4 function math
The school district is paying the mother to babysit her. At the end of the article the article says... "Because her daughter has gone the past year without any formal education, Barbara Maykish said she thinks she might need another compensatory education fund."
Nice
Nice job of pointing out the child’s very obvious shortcomings in writing and math.
It seems to me that many of these sort of children have very little skills in the way of writing and math.
I would bet she is polite as can be! Greets people in a very proper tone and the whole nine yards!
This lady was wrong in what she did. She got herself into this mess and I don’t feel sorry for her one bit.
Naw, she’s butt ugly. No one is going to let that doggie model.
Yes, that’s unkind, but did you get the last sentence? Mommy wants another $45000!
I personally, know the threat.
Behind every government school teacher and principal stand armed police, social workers, and courts that are fully ready and prepared to make and government school resister's life ( parent or taxpayer) a living legal hell!
(Real bullets in those guns on the hip!)
Government school workers are NOT Pollyanna or Mother Teresa look-alikes! They are more like the movie “Gremlin”. They look sooooo cute and fuzzy, but there are really nasty legal teeth hiding under that so sickly sweet smile.
Welfare. Why should I work when I can get the politicians to steal from the working public and then hand it over to me?
The mother is neglecting her and milking the system. She has allowed her daughter to fall so far behind, it will require herculean effort to catch up.
But, you are right, she is probably just as polite as they come
Being illiterate and innumerate engenders politeness? Not based on the sample around here.
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