Comments on: Closures and Cuts http://www.blisstree.com/articles/closures-and-cuts/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:35:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/closures-and-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-562292 Kristina Chew, PhD Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:46:45 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/closures-and-cuts/#comment-562292 Do you mean the Little Room staff itself? <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/education/18little.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=Brooklyn%20Heights%20Montessori&st=cse">NY Times</a> article about the school getting a reprieve.... Do you mean the Little Room staff itself?

NY Times article about the school getting a reprieve….

]]> By: Concerned Parent http://www.blisstree.com/articles/closures-and-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-564450 Concerned Parent Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:19:44 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/closures-and-cuts/#comment-564450 The "deficit" was CREATED by the school itself. BHMS could have received more money from the state, yet because they failed to file the proper paperwork in a timely manner, they did not. It's a mistake the school has yet to even attempt to rectify. The “deficit” was CREATED by the school itself. BHMS could have received more money from the state, yet because they failed to file the proper paperwork in a timely manner, they did not. It’s a mistake the school has yet to even attempt to rectify.

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/closures-and-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-556322 Kristina Chew, PhD Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:02:01 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/closures-and-cuts/#comment-556322 The board has decided to keep the Little Room open till 2010, according to <a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/90824/brooklyn-special-needs-program-to-stay-put-until-2010/Default.aspx">NY1</a>: <blockquote>A Brooklyn school program for children with special needs has been allowed to stay at its current location until August 2010, when it must move to another place. Children currently enrolling in “The Little Room Program” will be allowed to finish before the program is forced out of the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School on Court Street, according to the school’s board of trustees, which reached the decision in a meeting yesterday. In a statement, the Montessori school board said it will create a task force to help find a new location for the program before November 2009. The program serves 30 three- and four-year-old children with conditions including autism and social delays. According to school officials, the 38-year-old program runs at a deficit, despite receiving more than a million dollars yearly in state funding. Yet they said other considerations besides finances went into the decision to move the program. Parents have suggested the school appeal to the state for a higher rate of reimbursement.</blockquote> The board has decided to keep the Little Room open till 2010, according to NY1:

A Brooklyn school program for children with special needs has been allowed to stay at its current location until August 2010, when it must move to another place.

Children currently enrolling in “The Little Room Program” will be allowed to finish before the program is forced out of the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School on Court Street, according to the school’s board of trustees, which reached the decision in a meeting yesterday.

In a statement, the Montessori school board said it will create a task force to help find a new location for the program before November 2009.

The program serves 30 three- and four-year-old children with conditions including autism and social delays.

According to school officials, the 38-year-old program runs at a deficit, despite receiving more than a million dollars yearly in state funding. Yet they said other considerations besides finances went into the decision to move the program.

Parents have suggested the school appeal to the state for a higher rate of reimbursement.

]]> By: Little Room Blog Links « Save The Little Room http://www.blisstree.com/articles/closures-and-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-559717 Little Room Blog Links « Save The Little Room Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:22:26 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/closures-and-cuts/#comment-559717 [...] Hill Blog [12/15/08] OTBKB [12/14/08] Gowanus Lounge [12/15/08] Brownstoner [12/12/08] Autism Vox [12/14/08] Media dis&dat [12/14/08] Brooklynian [12/14/08] Gothamist [...] [...] Hill Blog [12/15/08] OTBKB [12/14/08] Gowanus Lounge [12/15/08] Brownstoner [12/12/08] Autism Vox [12/14/08] Media dis&dat [12/14/08] Brooklynian [12/14/08] Gothamist [...]

]]> By: A few things ... http://www.blisstree.com/articles/closures-and-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-554933 A few things ... Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:58:41 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/closures-and-cuts/#comment-554933 the school is cutting the program, not the city or state. the school is cutting the program, not the city or state.

]]> By: Good Sports http://www.blisstree.com/articles/closures-and-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-559282 Good Sports Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:09:51 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/closures-and-cuts/#comment-559282 [...] a time when one hears more and more about closures and budget cuts, asking for a sports league for autistic kids is not going to be easy. But in this case, the [...] [...] a time when one hears more and more about closures and budget cuts, asking for a sports league for autistic kids is not going to be easy. But in this case, the [...]

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