Sue Korlan on Substack: "I worked as a teacher's aide for handicapped students for years. Other than being wheelchair accessible, having separate bathrooms with tables and showers as well as toilet, and having a higher number of staff than a regular classroom, it wasn't all that different from a regulat…"

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Michelle La Rosa

Mar 21

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Vaccines at Catholic school: Some parents question exemption policies

Madeleine

Mar 21

Vax policy aside, if it were truly a "right" of all Catholics to send their kids to parochial school, they'd have to cost a lot less, provide special ed, etc. But they don't.

David

Mar 22

As a man with a severely cognitively disabled brother and as a previous Catholic School teacher: providing special ed is out of reach of Catholic schools as a practical matter. The priest in charge of my school really wanted to start a program (which would have been the first Catholic special ed program in the state) but the costs were just impossible to raise. Several million upfront for the dedicated, specialized facilities and space, plus around $40k per year per student (compared to our tui…

I worked as a teacher's aide for handicapped students for years. Other than being wheelchair accessible, having separate bathrooms with tables and showers as well as toilet, and having a higher number of staff than a regular classroom, it wasn't all that different from a regulat classroom. I doubt it was as expensive per student as you claim.

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Mar 24

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