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1 3 Jun 2006 - 2:39    Jose Ocampo : I think CPS is violating our civil right for an equal education!
2 3 Jun 2006 - 3:43    Amber Smock : CPS must make sure that people who understand special ed are in charge! Spend your money meaningfully!
3 3 Jun 2006 - 4:10    Mark Karner : In solidarity
4 3 Jun 2006 - 5:44    MIchelle Kelleher :
5 3 Jun 2006 - 6:02    melinda Power :
6 3 Jun 2006 - 6:13    Stephen English :
7 3 Jun 2006 - 6:39    danny mansmith :
8 3 Jun 2006 - 6:39    ryan Shuquem : i work with those with special needs. There are not enough good services available for them. we need to increase and improve resources, not cut them.
9 3 Jun 2006 - 6:59    Aaron Cook :
10 3 Jun 2006 - 7:01    Jason English : Chicago Board of Education Meeting May 24, 2006 Jason English My name is Jason English. I was a plaintiff in Corey H. I am ANGRY about the $25 million dollar cuts to special education in the Chicago Public Schools. Reducing cash for disabled students in Chicago is wrong and will deny our legal rights for an equal education under the A.D.A. I struggle with my brain to figure out how to prove to you that disabled children want and deserve a better education. By cutting funds, school staff will be laid-off and assistance to disabled students lost. Once again separation of disabled students will increase abuse of the Corey H. lawsuit and A.D.A. In high school my aide made it possible for me to be mainstreamed into a Chicago Public high school and educated in my neighborhood instead of another expensive private school paid for by the Board. That is why I became part of the Corey H. lawsuit. It is an INSULT and an OUTRAGE to me and all disabled Americans to cut money and services from our children. I DEMAND that the $25 million in special education cuts be reversed to save our futures as valuable and independent Americans. We KNOW OUR RIGHTS! We will NOT be denied! We are PROUD! We are LOUD!
11 3 Jun 2006 - 7:06    mariya strauss : shortchanging kids hurts all of us. Period.
12 3 Jun 2006 - 7:25    Sarah Triano : I support this petition because I think it is unconscionable that the Chicago Public Schools is balancing its budget on the backs of Disabled students! SHAME ON CPS!
13 3 Jun 2006 - 7:46    Sarah Watkins :
14 3 Jun 2006 - 9:02    Nicholas Bates : I work all across the country on special education and homeless education needs. Cuts to these programs will have a horrible impact on the chicago community, your state and the entire country. Dont give up on the future of our country
15 3 Jun 2006 - 10:37    Tekki Lomnicki : wholeheartedly! I have been teaching for Gallery 37 for almost 10 years and have watched my students with disabilities flourish in the mainstream environment with the help of their aids. I can't imagine why CPS would want to get rid of such valuable support...and I won't stand for it!
16 3 Jun 2006 - 11:31    Theresa Pacione : because it is the birthright of every child in America to get a decent education. How can you take from the most vulnerable among us - children with disabilities?
17 3 Jun 2006 - 11:40    KimberlyGreene : Will it take another class action suit to get you to pay attention again? And how much will you spend to defend yourselves? Find another way, but not special ed or funding connected with it. The schools are short staffed as it is. This is not acceptable. See ya in court./
18 3 Jun 2006 - 14:05    Jose Zamora : I not only disagree with the CPS's decision to cut funding from the Special Education Budget, but I believe it has overstepped itself by choosing to marginalize a group of students--which, by definition, is an act of discrimination.
19 3 Jun 2006 - 15:59    Christie Gilson : The IDEIA mandates a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. Cutting a budget as drastically as CPS has suggested will result in a more restrictive environment for students who are Deaf or hard of hearing. I urge CPS to reconsider the proposed cuts in light of the mandates set forth by IDEIA. Otherwise, CPS may spend a comprable amount of money iin litigation.
20 3 Jun 2006 - 18:59    Benita Ulisano : because I think reducing the budget for disabled students is cruel and disgusting!
21 3 Jun 2006 - 19:25    Mary Mullaney :
22 3 Jun 2006 - 19:27    Marlene Winn : because cuts to special education will be extremely detrimental to our students. As it is now our students are not getting the support and funding that they need, more cuts will will make it even worse.
23 3 Jun 2006 - 21:15    Wayne Hoppe : and urge reconsideration of any planned cuts to the Special Education budget.
24 3 Jun 2006 - 22:56    Angela Vasquez : It is impossible to have successful education without the teachers we need!
25 3 Jun 2006 - 23:05    Amber, again : If you're REALLY pissed off, please tell Arne Duncan and Michael Scott! Here's their contact info: Michael W. Scott, CPS Board President 125 S. Clark Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 773-553-1600 Email: mscott@cps.k12.il.us Arne Duncan, Chief Executive Officer Chicago Public Schools 125 South Clark Street, 5th Floor Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 773.553.1550 Fax: 773.553.1502
26 3 Jun 2006 - 23:17    melanie adler : my daughter has a learning disability and i think in general that cutting $25 million dollar cuts to special education in the Chicago Public Schools. is not fair also we are no diferant that anyone else we care we want a future and with out the funds we cant achive our goals i melanie was one of the kides in h.s that droped out due to the funds they whernt available and the needs whernt there and so it made it every hard for me to get my high school deploma now im trying to get my ged and there still isnt any resorces because the funds arnt there please help and not cut the funds that help everyone that realy needs them thank you melanie adler 1-773 263-3108
27 3 Jun 2006 - 23:21    holly cronk - adler : are kids need this its for thiers and our future
28 3 Jun 2006 - 23:35    mathias : DISABLED PERSONS IN CHICAGO SHOULD BE HELPED.NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERMENT AGENCIES SHOULD HELP THE DISABLED PERSONS IN CHICAGO AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES SURVIVE. THEY SHOULD NOT BE DISCRIMINATED.
29 4 Jun 2006 - 0:34    Abigail Long :
30 4 Jun 2006 - 1:16    Diane Coleman : An *appropriate* public education is a crucial step to independent living and maximum self-sufficiency. My employees with disabilities prove that it works. Cuts may be "penny-wise" but are definitely "pound foolish."
31 4 Jun 2006 - 1:29    Ryan Steinbach : because EVERY child has the RIGHT to the best possible education that can be provided.
32 4 Jun 2006 - 1:54    Lucy Trevino : Discrimination towards PWD must end! If this was happening to any other minority, I'm sure something would get done about it. Since it's happening to us, it doesn't even make it on the news!! Daley had a son die of Spina Bifida, and for him not to care about the education of children with disabilities is unbelievable.
33 4 Jun 2006 - 2:45    Joel M. McCloskey : because education pays!
34 4 Jun 2006 - 2:54    Dawn Westhoff :
35 4 Jun 2006 - 4:00    Jennifer Huntley : This is an atrocity. Chicago Public Schools have an OBLIGATION to service all students in the least restrictive environment. Students with disabilities have the same rights as everyone else!
36 4 Jun 2006 - 4:30    Allison Garrone : I support this petition
37 4 Jun 2006 - 5:34    Alison Rollins : I support this petition!
38 4 Jun 2006 - 5:35    ali hofmaster : I support this petition, it is time to stop all the small people cuts and start digging into the fat cats pockets.
39 4 Jun 2006 - 6:54    Bridget Danish : I support this petition and the right for all children to a free appropriate public education.
40 4 Jun 2006 - 7:59    Jo Vogt : because students with disabilities deserve the same opportuinity to a good education as all other students. Also, many of the teachers that will be cut are young, energetic, passionate, and committed to teaching in their specialty. They will be a great loss to the students and the "system".
41 4 Jun 2006 - 8:49    tricia berroya :
42 4 Jun 2006 - 8:57    ghia vasquez : i support this petition because i have a sister who is a deaf/mute student in one of the CPS! and her studies will greatly affect this budget cuts!! not only to my sister.. but to the rest of the kids who needs special education. CPS should talk about how to improve the education of these kids and not the budget cuts!!!
43 4 Jun 2006 - 10:45    Fred Hochrein : I feel you're pain my wife is a spec. Ed in the west burbs.
44 4 Jun 2006 - 11:17    Jodi Ross : The schools have an obligation to provide a quality, accessible education to all students. Anything less than that is unacceptable.
45 4 Jun 2006 - 13:15    eloisa a. gerez : I support this petition because the program works. No cuts on education, especially for children with special needs!
46 4 Jun 2006 - 13:35    Han-jin Jo :
47 4 Jun 2006 - 15:39    Grace Lee Boggs :
48 4 Jun 2006 - 18:26    Peter Berg :
49 4 Jun 2006 - 18:29    Karen McCulloh : I support this petition because of the impact budget cuts will have on the future employment opportunities for students with disabilities. If students with disabilities are unable to receive the educational services they need, this will mean that it will be more difficult for them to find jobs and/or become more academically qualified to enter postsecondary educational institutions.
50 4 Jun 2006 - 18:44    Mindy Nathan :
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