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<DIV>Visionaries:</DIV>
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<DIV>Dale Courtney has brashly decided that he can "debunk the myth" that
Logos School discriminates against academically/physically challenged students
in its admission policy. <A
href="http://right-mind.us/blogs/moscoweducation/archive/2006/01/02/40100.aspx">http://right-mind.us/blogs/moscoweducation/archive/2006/01/02/40100.aspx</A>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">“Dates:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:date Month="1" Day="18"
Year="1994"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">January
18, 1994</SPAN></st1:date></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><BR><FONT
face=Georgia>Objective: To clarify goals of </FONT></SPAN><st1:place><FONT
face=Georgia><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">Logos</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">School</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></FONT></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><BR><FONT
face=Georgia>Scope:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This policy
applies to all students and teachers in all the classrooms of<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><st1:place><FONT
face=Georgia><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">Logos</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">School</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></FONT></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><FONT
face=Georgia>.<BR></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><FONT
face=Georgia>Definitions:<BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></B></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><FONT
face=Georgia><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Severe Learning
Disability</B>:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><FONT face=Georgia><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">Learning
Disability</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>E.g. Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit
Syndrome, dyslexia, etc.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For the
purposes of this policy, it is not important whether or not the condition was
accurately diagnosed and is a genuine learning
disability.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><FONT
face=Georgia>Guidelines:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><FONT
face=Georgia>1. <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Children with a severe learning disability will not be admitted to Logos
due to the lack of adequate staff, funding, and
facilities.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><FONT
face=Georgia>2.<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>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.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><FONT
face=Georgia>3.<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Children who have been diagnosed as having a learning disability well be
given as much individual instruction and encouragement as their
classmates.” </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><o:p><FONT
face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Logos</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Elementary
School</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
Student/ Parent Handbook, pg.27, 2002-2003</SPAN></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><FONT
face=Georgia>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.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
policy of student selection based on physical and intellectual potential or
performance is particularly odious in a school purporting to be
Christian.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><FONT
face=Georgia>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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><FONT
face=Georgia> Rose</FONT></o:p></SPAN><FONT lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF"
PTSIZE="12"> Huskey<BR><BR>"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then
they fight you, then you win." Mahatma
Gandhi</FONT></P></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>