[Vision2020] Logos School's Policy of Entrance Discrimination

[keely emerinemix]

Well, this is interesting.  I trust that if Logos is no longer adhering to 
these statements, Dale, whose wife is a teacher there, or other Kirkers will 
be glad to show us the changes in policy.  In the absence of such, I'd have 
to continue to believe that Dale misspoke on his blog.

keely


From: DonaldH675 at aol.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Logos School's Policy of Entrance Discrimination
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 00:26:05 EST

Visionaries:

Dale Courtney has brashly decided that he can "debunk the myth" that  Logos
School discriminates against academically/physically challenged students  in
its admission policy.
_http://right-mind.us/blogs/moscoweducation/archive/2006/01/02/40100.aspx_
(http://right-mind.us/blogs/moscoweducation/archive/2006/01/02/40100.aspx)

He selectively quoted from my presentation to the Latah County Board of
Equalization in July 2005.  It is my hope that he will open the discussion  
and
include the rest of the relevant remarks.  But, of course, I am not  holding 
my
breath.  They presented Logos administrators and school  board members as 
the
insufferably bigoted, ill-trained and under-educated, prats  that they are. 
I
entered the following letter from the Logos School Elementary  School 
Handbook
as part of the record of the BOE hearing.  None of these  policies have, to
my knowledge, been changed, nor have any of them been  refuted.


“Dates:  January  18, 1994
Objective: To clarify goals of Logos School
Scope:  This policy  applies to all students and teachers in all the
classrooms of  Logos School.
Definitions:
Severe Learning  Disability:  Any condition in a  potential student which
would require a separate classroom, program, and staff  in order to provide 
the
educational services desired by the parents. E.g. Down’s  syndrome, 
deaf/mute,
blind, etc.
Learning  Disability:  Any condition in a potential student or  student 
which
does not require a separate classroom, program, and staff in order  to
provide the education services desired by the parents.  E.g. Hyperactivity,
Attention Deficit  Syndrome, dyslexia, etc.  For the  purposes of this 
policy, it is
not important whether or not the condition was  accurately diagnosed and is 
a
genuine learning  disability.
Guidelines:
1.         Children with a severe learning disability will not be admitted 
to
Logos  due to the lack of adequate staff, funding, and  facilities.
2.         Children who have been diagnosed as having a learning disability
will be  required to meet the same academic standards as all the other 
children
in their  grade level.
3.         Children who have been diagnosed as having a learning disability
well be  given as much individual instruction and encouragement as their
classmates.”    The Logos Elementary  School  Student/ Parent Handbook, 
pg.27,
2002-2003
The erroneous description of Down’s Syndrome, “deaf/mute,” and  
“blind” as “
learning disabilities” demonstrates a profound ignorance and  inherent
academic bias toward physically disabled, developmentally delayed, or  
learning
disabled students.  This  policy of student selection based on physical and
intellectual potential or  performance is particularly odious in a school 
purporting
to be  Christian.
It nauseates me that our tax dollars are supporting this  disgraceful 
policy.
  I personally don't give a tinker's damn how Doug and  his henchmen run 
their
schools. It is a source of amazement to me that parents  are deluded or
bedazzled enough to fork out the money for what Doug is offering  - that's 
not my
call.  But for heaven's sake (and I  mean that literally) I wish they 
weren't
doing it on my dime.
Rose Huskey

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then  they fight you, then
you win." Mahatma  Gandhi


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