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The federal government has given the Town of Huntington on Long Island a million dollars for sewer upgrades. A judge says affordable housing units should be allowed in downtown Fairfield. New York will crack down on toll evasions with a new law. A former aide to Governor Hochul has been arrested for acting as a Chinese agent. And Connecticut's safety net for children faces a balancing act.

There's still plenty of summer left to plan some fun stay-cations! Results are mostly in from yesterday's primary elections in Connecticut. Long Island lawmakers call for a study of ground contamination near Bethpage Community Park. And Connecticut residents will see another increase in their electric bills.

Early voting for Connecticut primary elections started today. Homelessness is up in Connecticut for the third straight year. LIRR riders say they're mostly satisfied with service. And Connecticut's wage theft complaint backlog is growing.

Lawmakers from our region react to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signs a bill that bans trans-women from playing in women's sports. The cost of food in Connecticut has risen 25% in the last four years. Two Long Island schools change their mascots to comply with a new state rule. And Connecticut needs more licensed healthcare workers.

A new bill would increase funds for non-profit theaters. Complaints about quality of eldercare inspire new rules for Connecticut nursing homes. George Santos may have his dismissal of charges denied. And Connecticut schools brace for the end of pandemic funding.

Connecticut schools slowly recover from chronic absenteeism. New York's attorney general is appealing a decision that removed the Equal Rights Amendment from the November ballot. Community health officials want Connecticut parents to take advantage of the Baby Bond Program. A new fund will provide aid to families of Connecticut police killed in the line of duty. And Connecticut needs more housing, but what's the best way to go about it?

Connecticut officials gave an update on efforts to reopen I-95 in Norwalk after a fire on Thursday morning. Almost two thousand immigrants living on Long Island have received deportation orders in the last six months. And Connecticut lawmakers have formed a caucus to address issues facing the Asian American Pacific Islander community.

Will Connecticut have a budget ready by deadline? A Siena poll reveals New York independents are losing confidence in Governor Hochul. And Connecticut considers new technology to stop roadway fatalities.

An environmental group sues BOEM over the location of two offshore wind projects. Lawyers for the alleged Long Island serial killer want files related to the ex-cop involved in the original investigation. Two Bridgeport ballot tampering complaints are now under state investigation. And Connecticut's first female supreme court justice has died at the age of 94.

As March Madness continues, lawmakers are concerned about the impact on residents with gambling addiction. LIPA's president resigns. New York lawmakers hope to meet the state budget deadline at the end of the month. And Connecticut's bald eagle numbers soared this winter.

Connecticut's Secretary of the State suggests municipal elections have more oversight. Caitlyn Jenner weighs in on the recent Nassau order on transgender athletes. Governor Hochul calls for a review of New York's legal cannabis industry. And Connecticut lawmakers call for more transparency in nursing home spending.

Suffolk officials plan to boost solar use throughout the county. Trumbull, Connecticut residents are concerned over potential future uses for the town's dying mall. And Connecticut has thousands of dams — is it time to get rid of some?

Mayor Joe Ganim is re-elected in Bridgeport, but his challenger says the fight will continue. Northwell Health announces plans to merge with Nuvance Health. And Connecticut lawmakers consider a bill to help save the state's bird population.

A children's advocacy group criticizes Governor Lamont's proposal on income tax cuts. Democrats in the New York State Legislature rejected new congressional district maps, and want to draw their own. A Nassau County official quits in solidarity with trans-women. And Connecticut has a growing Pagan community.

Advocates say a Connecticut law meant to create more diversity in small business needs improvement. An executive order in Nassau bans trans-women from competing in women's sports. And Connecticut officials warn residents about more sophisticated phone scams.

Fairfield County has some of the worst ozone pollution on the eastern seaboard. Southampton will again delay construction of a battery energy storage system. And Connecticut university officials are not happy with proposed cuts in funding.

Suffolk County voters will likely get to decide whether to raise sales taxes to fund a sewer expansion plan. Early voting began this weekend in the race for ex-congressman George Santos's old seat. Senator Blumenthal speaks with local teachers about the impact of social media on their students. And Connecticut is experiencing a budget surplus.

January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, meant to bring awareness to the problem in America. And Connecticut is not excused from the issue. Local non-profit, PEHT, shared the reality in our state and signs to detect sex and human trafficking cases. (0:00) It may be fashion forward but it's a real crime prevention fopaux. Retired Lt. Jim Perez shares information about see-through plastic bags and coats attracting a lot of buyers. Find out why you need to avoid buying these products! (15:38) New year, lingering problems…We got an update from Fairfield First Selectman Bill Gerber about major issues in town including more spending on Penfield Pavillion, the fight over UI monopoles and the aftermath of the SantaCon party at the beach last month. (26:53) Do this ONE THING in 2024 to improve your marriage: FOCUS. What do you mean and why does that make a difference? We spoke to marriage coach Bob Donovan. (43:39) Image Credit: Getty Images

Purdue regains the #1 ranking by beating Arizona in a game that did not help Peacock. Houston is unbeaten, in the Big 12 and still disrespected. In fact, Mikey either predicts the Cougars demise or national title victory. Michigan State saves its season with an upset of Baylor. And Connecticut is still pretty good.

The Empire Wind project gets approval for water's off Long Island. Rhode Island's Attorney General is suing Prospect Medical Holdings. And Connecticut highlights adoption hearings in celebration of National Adoption Month.

Advocates call for congress to increase Security Grant Program funding to protect Jewish and Muslim communities from hate crimes. Bridgeport voters feel discouraged by the mail-in ballot scandal surrounding the mayor. Steve Bellone proposes his final spending plan for Suffolk County. And Connecticut towns struggle to keep and find staff.

Plus: The Cowboys come crashing back to Earth. And Connecticut puts the clamps on Breanna Stewart and The Liberty.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Connecticut will spend $16 million from its American Rescue Plan Act money to expand free school meals in the new school year. At least four Connecticut children have died by drowning this year. A group of New York veterans sue the state over retail marijuana licenses. And Connecticut residents with disabilities are legally allowed to be paid less than minimum wage.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) says the report on the Coast Guard Academy's mishandling of sex assault cases is unbelievable. A state grant will help a New Haven child care provider expand service. The Town of Southold looks to crack down on violations of its short-term rental policy. And Connecticut's attorney general assures the state's LGBTQ residents that they are protected.

On Wednesday's edition of #TheUpdate, U.S. Rep. George Santos, who has faced outrage and mockery over a litany of fabrications about his heritage, education and professional pedigree, has been charged with federal criminal offenses. A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996. Jurors awarded her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. And Connecticut lawmakers are moving to impose new restrictions on the amount of marijuana's main intoxicating component in cannabis products are being sold in places other than regulated dispensaries, such as convenience and CBD stores.

Long Island officials have different ideas on how to respond to migrants that could spill over from New York City. New legislation could make paid sick leave in the U.S. a guarantee. And Connecticut lawmakers are confused by the governor's nominee to the state supreme court.

I'm feeling really good. Most of my energy is back. I'm rarely feeling sick due to my pregnancy. And it is spring. And Connecticut is gorgeous. In the springtime. It's beautiful in the winter. Amazing in the fall. I haven't been here for a summer yet. But spring. Wow, there's so many flowers and so much to see.   I've also been working on a fun creative project that has been on my mind for years and I am excited to finally bring it to fruition. I'm working on a book of personal essays about my interior design career, my journey, the highs and lows as I have been in the industry for 18 years now. If there's something you want to know more about, please send me an email at betsy@affordableinteriordesign.com with what you're wanting to learn so I can make sure to include it in my book.    Without further ado, let's dive into the mailbag.    This episode, we discuss… [5:29] Window treatments for a 60's home (Monica) [14:56] Putting the finishing touches on a living room (Stephanie)    Links:   Website: https://www.betsyhelmuth.com   Book: https://www.betsyhelmuth.com/my-book   Become a Premium Member: https://www.affordableinteriordesign.com/podcast   Submit Your Questions: https://www.affordableinteriordesign.com/podcast   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/affordableinteriordesign   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AffIntDesign

A former Connecticut congressional candidate admits to painting pink stripes on the Capitol building. The Suffolk County government cyber hack gets special attention. Sen. Blumenthal wants to avoid another shortage of baby formula. And Connecticut nursing homes are closing their doors.

Connecticut has started the process to redesign Seaside State Park in Waterford, the location of a former sanatorium. Proposed budget cuts for Connecticut colleges could mean tuition hikes and layoffs. A training center on Governors Island will prepare workers for green jobs. And Connecticut lawmakers are considering major bail reform.

East Haven criticizes an environmental review of the proposed Tweed New Haven Airport expansion. A lawsuit claims the U.S. withheld toxic exposure information from a group of veterans. Hampton Bays residents want an old motel property to be converted to green space. And Connecticut's home care providers have little oversight, but are filling the gaps in long-term care.

Connecticut lawmakers weigh in on Governor Ned Lamont's budget proposal. A bill in New York could shake up how residents recycle. And Connecticut residents react to the devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey.

New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has made a push to get some of his oversight powers back regarding state contracts. A citywide after-school program could be coming to New Haven soon. Operators of one of Long Island's largest nursing homes are being accused of neglecting their patients. And Connecticut has seen a rise in homelessness for the first time in a decade.

Governor Lamont met with state legislative leaders to discuss “hero pay.” Connecticut employers added over a thousand jobs last month. New Haven schools are dealing with a chronic absenteeism problem. And Connecticut works to meet the demand of women from other states seeking abortions.

In this episode of Red Pill Revolution, we discuss the recent massacre of 18 children by an 18-year-old in Texas. We talk about what happened, what the local police had to say about it as well as the school super intendant; then we see our leaderships reaction including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as they attempt to politically profit off of this horrific tragedy.  Subscribe and leave a 5-star review today! ----more---- Protect your family and support the Red Pill Revolution Podcast with Affordable Life Insurance. This is attached to my license and not a third-party ad! Go to https://agents.ethoslife.com/invite/3504a now! Currently available in AZ, MI, MO, LA, NC, OH, IN, TN, WV Email redpillrevolt@protonmail.com if you would like to sign up in a different state ----more---- Leave a donation, sign up for our weekly podcast companion newsletter, and follow along with all things Red Pill Revolution by going to our new website: https://redpillrevolution.co   ----more----   Full Transcription: Hello, and welcome to red pill revolution. My name is Austin Adams. Thank you so much for listening today. I appreciate. From the bottom of my heart in the heart, the same heart that you are going to hear today, very broken and shattered surrounding some recent events that have happened in Texas. Today's going to be a little bit different than most episodes. Uh, we're going to focus just on this brief topic here. Um, it's, you know, something, I just felt the need to kind of just jump on here and talk with you guys about, talk about some of the current events that are coming out of this. Who's speaking. What they're saying? Uh, all of it. So make sure you stick around for the full thing again, I appreciate it so much. Um, don't want to step on this situation too much. So as always go ahead and subscribe hit that five-star review button. Uh, that's all I got for now, but I would like to jump into this. So if you don't know, you haven't heard yet, it happened. Uh, I guess it was yesterday, today, really? Um, Tuesday, May 24th. There was a. In Texas, uh, by an 18 year old individual whose name I will not use, I refuse to use. And it ended up, uh, I guess at this point there's been 18 children who have died as a result and one teacher, we don't have all of the details so far. Uh, but we'll go ahead and let's watch this opening clip that discusses what actually happened, who was involved. Uh, and, and the little bit of information that we know at this point. So here we. All right. There's our intro. A little bit more information about this. They say 14. It has now been confirmed at 18, at least from a little bit more updated sources. Uh, I believe that the teacher also has died at this point, as well as potentially one police officer. I believe I heard that somewhere, but not confirmed on my end. Uh, but we do know that at least 18 children have lost their lives to this terrible, terrible tragedy. And one that, as they've explained has been, you know, a topic of discussion quite frequently over the last decade or so. And it's quite terrifying. Um, I have children and as they mentioned, this was second to fifth grade or six, second to fourth grade, I believe, which they said was six year olds. That's not the case generally in second grade. Second grade is usually going to be seven or eight year olds, but the factor means. This is terrifying. This is horrible. This is terrifying. Um, this is a sickening thing for any individual to do, as we saw in multiple cases that Jay just presented there. Um, the individual who did so also did not only just do it to the children, they did it to, uh, to their own family prior to going out there now, from what they had mentioned there, the individual had a handgun. Potentially had a rifle from some of the other conversations that we've seen. And according to the Sheriff's clip, which we will see next also had some form of a vest that he had on to protect himself from the ensuing chaos. He knew he was getting himself into. So as I was saying, this is horrible. This is terrible. I think that we saw it there. You know, the immediate cries that you'll see in a lot of these situations is to immediately jump to like policy decisions. And, and I think. That's not always the right decision. I think that sometimes terrible things happen and we have to maybe let the parents let the school grieve a little bit before we start to look at what these politicians can do to pass legislations that may or may not prevent this thing in the future. Uh, but let's go ahead and watch that sheriff clip. Let's see what he has to say about it. It's a, it's a brief one. Um, so let's, let's go ahead and watch. Again, briefly, as of now, we're still working on this active investigation. Uh, once we're able to provide information to the families, we will do so first and foremost, obviously our Prairie's is to get information to our families. Um, and, and give them some information. So please bear with us in regards to that. Secondly, once we do get some information that we can release to the public, we will be doing that. So please know, once we do get some information, we will share that with you and call another press conference. Um, let me assure you, the intruder is deceased and we are not actively looking for another individual or any other suspects in this case. Uh, we definitely ask you all to keep the family, the families that are involved in your prayers. It's so much here to provide a statement. I not take any questions is our superintendent, Dr. Howell heroine. Good evening. This was a tragic slips of bent today. And my, my heart was broke today. Our hearts and thoughts and prayers are with all our families as we go through the, this day and days to come a few announcements that we'd need to make. Beginning tomorrow at 10:00 AM. We will have grief counseling and support at the civic center for our students, our staff, community members, anybody that needs to come at that time. And we may be there more than one day. Maybe there's several days. Our Rob staff will meet at 8:00 AM at, uh, at the civic center as well will begin with visiting with them. And, uh, seeing what those needs are, school will be closed. We, the school. Uh, we will have no school tomorrow or Thursday. All activities are canceled throughout the district. I know graduation is on people's mind. We will come out with a notice on that at a later time, all the staff members do, they will report to their campuses, uh, other than Rob campus, which will come to the, uh, the civic center. Again, my heart was broken today. We're a small committee. And we'll we'll need your prayers to get us through this. Thank you again, this is a tragic event in our community. We are very sorry that we cannot provide you more information, but greatly appreciate your patience and understanding during this very difficult time, we ask that you pray for all of the families affected. Thank you. Okay. So there's the direct Sheriff's, uh, statement on that. Also the superintendent of the school spoke on it. One thing that I'm happy to hear is that this sick, disgusting human garbage is dead. Although I don't think that. You know, full justice in this situation. I mean, what type of coward, what type of coward do you have to be to not only shoot your own grandmother, but then to go find a bunch of defenseless children to take out your, whatever is going on in your head. Like, jeez, what, what in the world? Like w what, what do you have to be going through to even consider this type of. I mean, what type of sickness do you have to have in your head? In, in there's some clips out there that I was watching. I don't know if I have them on here. I don't believe I do, but there was a part of Tucker Carlson's, uh, clips, which I have a brief portion of that we're not going to watch the full thing of, but it also goes into an interview with his classmates who his classmate was seeing is where he was kind of a, a funny character. But, um, he was. Basically just saying that, you know, this guy didn't raise any flags to him. He was in class with them two years ago in gym and he wasn't sketchy quote unquote, and you just never know. Right. You never know what somebody is going through. You never know what somebody is capable of. And I think that's, you know, a better case for being able to defend yourself in these types of situations. Not saying that there's anything that really anybody could have done here to prevent this. But I think, you know what we're going to see when we watch these clips that are coming up is the immediate, you know, immediate, emotional, not even emotional, I guess, emotionless reactions by our leadership in this country and trying to use this platform to ask for policy changes that they've tried to push over and over and over again about gun control and. You know, speaking of what type of cower does it take to, to do these things? What type of coward does it take to try to take advantage of these situations? Right? Like if, if you're the, the president of the United States and this happens in your country, if you're that superintendent, gosh, I don't know how he even stands up there and completes a full sentence. I, you know, see you the principal of my daughter's school. Every day when I walk in and I couldn't imagine in, in he sees the faces of our children every day. Now the superintendent is a little bit more removed from that, but gosh, what a horrible situation in general and, and how terrible, uh, it must feel to be anybody involved in this school, anybody and any student who saw it, heard it, uh, a teacher or a parent who, who. You know, actively part of this, um, situation, you know, that that even has to have an ex a conversation with her. Tonight's who were close to this and, and heard these sounds. And I got an email from my child's teacher who came out and said that, you know, this is a horrific situation. And she's so sad to hear these things. And, you know, in, in some way, shape or form, we need to have a conversation with our kids. Now, I don't know how I feel about that. You know, I don't know if we need to, what is that going to do? If you have a child who is in this grade, in this. You know, a 7, 8, 9 year old them being afraid of the world and afraid of going to school in this, in this type of scenario, how many schools are out there where this doesn't ever happen? In what percentage likelihood is it to happen in, in what mass horrific reality or, or what a massive like horrific, uh, conversation. If every parent had this conversation with her. At that age, I just don't think it's very appropriate. But, um, yeah, this is, this is tough, man. This is, this is so sad. And to know that there's so many parents out there tonight who just won't be talking in their, uh, you know, their child, their baby, who they raised and who they love. And that's so sad. And so. Uh, let's, let's go ahead and see here. This is, there's some deeper seated problems that we'll see in, you know, and there, there was a, the saying goes, never let a great tragedy go without, you know, what is it taking advantage of a great tragedy. There's some quote around politics and I can't exactly pull it right now in the, in the frame of mind after hearing about this, you know, an hour or two ago, but a. You know, taking advantage of these tragedies is exactly what we see our poor leadership do in this situation. And it's horrible. There's no reason for it. You know, the, the, let the parents grieve, stop trying to push policies in the, in the midst of tragedy for the sake of, you know, it's like if you were a life insurance agent and you know, which, you know, we'll get to that in a second, but if you were a life insurance agent, let's take that. And these kids died and all of a sudden you're running advertisements towards parents saying, Hey, get life insurance on your child. Do they, they're going to die. Just like these children did potentially, right. We need to prevent you from being in hardship if this happens or whatever it is that you can insert there. It's gross. It's disgusting. Any business that would take advantage of this to try and push their. Profits, which is exactly what their political profits are that they're trying to push our leadership here is trying to push it political profit. They're trying to profit off of this in some way, shape or form, right? In, in, in this case, it's in this way, shape or form of control, right? And they want to use lists platform. They want to immediately jump to the idea. We should be banning guns and we should be banning, uh, assault rifles, and, you know, whatever it is. Um, we're going to see that here. And, and, and to me, it's just gross. Any industry that would utilize this platform to try to profit in any way, shape or form, whether it's attention, whether it's, uh, direct profits, like the life insurance example. Whether it's, uh, political profits, whether it's attention profits, you know, there's so many different ways to profit. And in this situation, our political leadership is trying to profit off of this situation by immediately jumping to specific policy changes in, in, in calling for them. So we'll see that here. Let's go ahead and watch Camila Harris, give her speech, then we'll jump to the Biden speech. Then we'll jump to. Uh, Tucker Carlson had to say, which he basically called them out prior to them, even having these conversations, knowing they were going to utilize this platform for their political profit. Uh, so here is Kamala Harris. We need to go now to Washington. We understand vice-president Harris plans to address the shooting, the tragedy, and you volley at Robb elementary school. Let's go ahead and listen to what she has. Please sit everyone. Thank you. Thank you. What a, what an incredible room. And, um, Judy Chu, thank you for that introduction and for your leadership on so many levels. Um, tonight's a rough night. Um, we planned for a great celebration, but I'm sure most of you have heard the tragic news. Um, About what has happened in Texas. So I had prepared comments about tonight, which I will speak, but I just first want to begin by saying a few words about the tragedy that occurred today, um, in you valley, Texas. Um, as many of, you know, the reports are that, uh, it was a mass shooting at an elementary school. And, um, the preliminary reports are that 14 children have been killed. Um, and the details are still coming in. And of course the president and I are monitoring the situation closely. So while we don't know all the details yet, uh, we do know that there are parents who have lost children, um, families that have lost children and their loved ones, of course, and many others who may have been injured. So I would normally say in a moment like this, we would all say naturally that our hearts break, but our hearts keep getting broken. You know, I think so many, there's so many elected leaders in this room. You know what I'm talking about? Every time a tragedy like this happens, our hearts break and our broken hearts are nothing compared to the broken hearts of those fans. And yet it keeps happening. So I think we all know and have said many times with each other enough is enough. Enough is enough as a nation. We have to have the courage to take  action and understand the next. Between what makes for reasonable and sensible public policy to ensure something like this never happens again. So the president will speak more about this later. Um, but for now I will just say to the people of you've already, um, please know that this is a room full of leaders who grieve with you. And we are praying for you and we stand with you and it is difficult at a time like this to think about much else. But I do look around this room and I know who is here. And I know this is a room full of American leaders who know and have the courage to take a stand. And so let us tonight, as we do every time we all get together. Recommit ourselves to having the courage to take action. And so that does bring me to the leaders who are in this room and the leaders of apex. And again, I want to thank chairwoman Judy Chu for that kind introduction as a former member of K pack, um, I had the opportunity to see her leadership firsthand, and she is truly a national leader who leads. The people of our country. And of course, I'm honored tonight to be with Congresswoman, Maryland, Strickland, apex board chair, Susan, Jen Davis, and all of the federal state and local elected officials who are here. Okay. That's enough. So you get the idea, the percentage of time that she talked about the grieving of these parents and what actually happened in this situation was so much. Compared to the timeframe that she spoke about. Here's what we need to do is enact policy changes. And, you know, we all have the power. No, you don't. You do not have the power to stop this. No laws that you pass would stop this. There was a guy, fuck how long ago, months, a year, whatever it was, who ran over an entire group of people with a car, are you going to ban cars? It makes no sense. You go to the UK where there's the access to guns is way low. There's just higher stabbing rates. These things happen. They have happened. They're going to continue to happen, regardless of whatever policies that you enact, regardless of whatever ego comes into your way. And even to then into this ego is probably even being. Because I don't think it's ego for her to sit there and think that we need to enact these massive bands. Right. And she did not really say it, but we're going to watch the Joe Biden clip and he comes out and says it it's, it's crazy to me that these people who are in these positions of power cannot even. Can not even stand in front of a group of people and knowing there's 13, eight, well, 18 parents out there today who are wanting to listen to a voice of reason in a position of power and, and hear something at least just grieve with them. Don't stand on their backs and, and. Pallets ticks, push political agendas that, you know, you've been pushing for a while now. And, and, and know what law that you're going to pass is going to stop this. Look at Chicago, look at LA, look at wherever the largest percentage of murders are, are where there's the most strict gun laws in the country. And you know, this. Kamala Harris, you know, this Joe Biden, you know that the only thing that you are going after while you're standing on the backs of these parents who are grieving over their children, is the political agenda on your mind for control to control the people, to take away any, any potential response they would ever have to totalitarianism. And, and you step on their backs and in the worst moment you could ever possibly imagine and use their backs as a stepping stool to push your political agenda. You sick, gross people. How disgusting is that? Give it, give it a fucking day. At least maybe come out and say, I cannot imagine, like, alright, here's my thing. Here's here off the cuff. Here's what I would say to these parents. I can not imagine being in your position. I can not imagine that the hardship and heartache that you must be going through today. And I hope that you never, that I never do have to be able to feel the difficulties that you're going through right now. And there's nothing that I can say. And there's nothing that I can do to take that away from you. But I want you to know that there is a country. Of hundreds of millions of people who feel your grief with you today. And there are share the unbelievable heartbreak that you have. And many children who will go to sleep tonight without their friends tomorrow and brothers and sisters who will wake up without, without their siblings. And we are so horrific. Sad right alongside of you. And there's nothing we can do. There's nothing we can say to make you feel better, but I want you to know that we're here for you, that we will do whatever we can to be there for you. And that over the next few weeks, we will be reaching out individually to speak with every one of you to let you know that. Politicians that your president and your vice president cared deeply deeply about you, about your family and about your children. That's what leadership says not. Hey, did you guys hear about Texas? Yeah. Well, there's some, there's this many children who. Here's how here's what I can do to prevent this in the future. And you all decided that you didn't want to pass these laws are the reason this happened. No, that's disgusting. That's gross. Shut your mouth grieve with these parents. Or just shut up and let it, like, they don't need to hear you pushing political agendas right now. You definitely don't need to be like wagging your little gross finger Camila at the individuals who, who didn't pass your massive gun bans because of anything there's pre more preventions of mass shootings as a result of access to web. Then there is these one-off little situations that we're seeing here that are, are again horrific, and you can't speak to the magnitude of agony that these parents must be going through. But the last thing you should be doing is pushing your political agenda for 60% of the conversation. While 10% of it goes out to our hearts with. But we need to do this. You guys are wrong for not passing this and I am right, because I could have prevented this if you did what I said. And so let's hear what Biden has to say, and it's quite similar, but I haven't heard the whole thing. So we'll listen together. Good evening fellow Americans. I'd hoped when I became president, I would not have to do this again. Another massacre you valley, Texas, and elementary school. Beautiful. Innocent. Third fourth graders. And how many scores of little children witnessed what happened? See their friends die as if they're on a battlefield for God's sake. I don't know whether the rest of their lives there's a lot. We don't know yet. There's a lot. We do know. The parents who will never see their child again, never have them jump in bed and cuddle with them. Parents will never be the same to lose a child. It was like having a piece of your soul ripped. there a hollowness in your chest, you feel like you're being sucked into it, never going to be able to get out suffocating. It's never quite the same as the feeling shared by the siblings and the grandparents and the family members and the community. The thought behind scripture says. Joe. And I've talked about this in different contexts and other context, Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. So many crushed spirits. So tonight I asked the nation to pray for them, give the parents and siblings. And the darkness I feel right now as a nation, we have to ask, when in God's name, are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? When in God's name? We do it. We all know in our gut needs to be done. This is the 343,448 days, 10 years since I stood up at a high school. And Connecticut grade school and Connecticut or another government, Matt massacred, 26 people, including 21st graders at Sandy hook elementary school since then have been over 900 incidents gunfires reported on school grounds, Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, Santa Fe high school in Texas Oxford high school. Let's goes on and on and on this grows wanting to include mass shootings at places like movie theaters, houses of worship. As we saw just 10 days ago to grocery store in Buffalo, New York, I am sick and tired of it. We have to act and don't tell me we can't have an impact on this card. I spent my career as a Senator and the vice-president working to pass common sense gun laws. We can we'll prevent every tragedy, but we know they work and have positive impact. When we pass the assault weapons ban mass shootings went down when the law expired mass shootings tripled the idea that an 18 year old. Can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons. It's just wrong. What in God's name? Do you need to solve it for except to kill someone there? Aren't running through the forest with Kevlar vests on for God's sake, it's just sick. And the gun manufacturers has spent two decades aggressively marketing assault weapons, which make them the most and largest profit. Wow. There's a lot to unpack there. The first of which being schools are a gun-free zone, Joe, it's illegal to have a weapon on school grounds. It's literally one of the only mass protected areas that you can go to that as illegal to carry a weapon on. Didn't stop him dead. It's it's crazy. And then he goes on to say, dear, aren't walking around with Kevlar vests. What a gross usage of, oh, how disgusting is that your statement? There's 18 parents out there right now who are grieving the loss of their children. Uh, in deeper agony than you were ever in with Bo who ended, whose children's lives were ended in such horrific fashions. And you're talking about deer walking through a forest and a Kevlar vast how disgusting, how gross. Right. And everybody wants to get in this conversation like, oh, everybody was saying with abortion, how, oh, if you ban abortion, people are just going to do it illegally. Might as well, make it healthy and safe. Where's that conversation. When it comes to guns, you're going to ban assault weapons. You're going to ban assault rifles. People are just going to do it illegally. Right? The people who are going to do these types of things are absolutely going to find. It's a sickness. It's a sickness in your head to even have the capacity to do these things, to even fathom shooting your grandma and then going on, and then fucking driving to an elementary school and shooting 18 children. That is not a gun problem. That is a mental health problem. That is a sickness in your brain that, that most people cannot even fathom the, the, the, ah, the, the, how horrible of a person you must be to potentially even do that. There's, there's something missing in your head. There's a switch that, that wa that was flipped that no other person can fathom going through. And whether it's a gun, it's a knife, it's a truck like we saw months ago, or. They're going to find a way. And so let's address the root cause. It's not the guns, it's not the gun lie being manufacturers in this case, it's the sickness. It's the, it's the, the, the switch in your head that allows you to do such horrific things and what we'll see statistically, and almost like, I think it's 80% or larger. It may even be higher than. Are on some type of SSRI, some type of antidepressive medication, something that's messing with your nervous system, that there there's a humanistic aspect that does not allow you to do these horrific things and to completely eliminate the conversation of, of that being gone in these individuals. And, and, and, and to diminish that conversation down to a. Gun issue or a, a specific type of gun nonetheless, or the fact that you there's no deer in Kevlar vests walking across the forest. You, you fucking idiot. How disgusting, how gross for you to use this as your platform to push gun reform restrictions. Right, because we all know what that leads to go to go to Brazil, go to, and I don't know if there's gun bands in Brazil, but I'm assuming that's probably crazier than go to go to any of these countries and find, find me the statistics that back up, the fact that if you mass, uh, take away, you know, you know, who did that? You know, who do you know who took away guns? First was eight off. Was stolen was Landon. All of these people didn't allow their people to have that because that's the only form of control and no nobody's using, uh, it has an AR 15 for the purpose of going and shooting a deer. You're so stupid that you don't even know how hunting works. Nobody's shooting a deer with an AR 15, should it be that removed and not even that removed, he knows what he's doing. He's not playing on the individuals that actually know. How guns work or how hunting works, even he's playing on the emotional strings of individuals who are uninformed surrounding this topic. No, nobody buys an AR 15 to shoot a deer. People buy an air 15 to protect their household Pritchard's to protect their family. And in many cases to protect their family from the opportunity of being taken over by a totalitarian government, it's the same reason. All of your soldiers carry an ARP. Or an M 16, the same reason it's to protect yourself. And then to say that an 18 year old shouldn't be able to walk into a gun shop and buy a gun you're recruiting the same 18 year olds to go fight your wars. And probably Ukraine coming up soon as we saw him say in the conversation that he had on the border in Poland. So you're going to allow them to carry it because they fight your wars hunter. Because you get to profit off of the backs of their blood. They're not going to take their M sixteens into a forest to shoot a deer in the Kevlar vests you dumb ass. It's not when they are 15 is four and 15 is a war. Gun is a self protection, personal protective. And literally it's a pistol with a, buttstock a longer barrel and an extended magazine. In some cases in the same type of magazine you can get for any gun right now, I can go get my Glock and get a 30 round magazine for my Glock, just like what's in my era, 15, doesn't change a thing, but you're just trying to play on the emotional strings of families who are grieving to push your political agenda. Let's watch a little bit more of this. If I can stand it. I am sick and tired of it. We have to act and don't tell me we can't have an impact on this corner. I spent my career as a Dawn for God's sake, it's just sick. And the gun manufacturers has spent two decades aggressively marketing assault weapons, which make them the most and largest profit for God's sake. We have to have the courage to stand up to the industry. Here's what else? I know. Most Americans support, common sense laws, common sense gun. I just got off a trip from Asia meeting with Asian leaders. And I learned this while I was on the aircraft. And what struck me on that 17 hour flight. What struck me was these kinds of mass shootings rarely happened anywhere else in the world. Y they have mental health problems. They have domestic disputes in other countries. They have people who are lost, but these kinds of mass shootings never happened. The kind of frequency they happened in America. Why, why are we willing to live with this carnage? Why don't we keep letting this happen? Where in God's name is our backbone to have the courage to deal with and stand up to the lobbies. Turn. This thing is action for every parent, for every citizen of this country, we have to make it clear to every elected official in this country. It's time to act it's time for those who obstruct or delay. Or blocked the common sense gun laws. We need to let you know that we will not forget. We can do so much more. We have to do more our prayer tonight. Those parents lying in bed and trying to figure out will I be able to sleep again? What do I say to my other children? What happens to the more and God bless the loss of innocent life on this sad day. May the Lord be near the broken heart and saved those crushed in spirit because they're going to need a lot of help. A lot of our pre. Okay. First of all, I don't know how many times I've heard Joe Biden mentioned God or the Bible references. Um, interesting that that comes up now, but I won't critique it. It makes sense. However, what I will critique is the fact that two minutes and 47 or two minutes and 40 seconds of this clip was devoted to speaking to the. Was devoted to talking about grief was devoted to mentioning the topic, even that was a seven minute clip. The other five minutes of Joe Biden's speech was dedicated completely the policy reforms that he's been pushing for years surrounding gun control. How does, how gross I'll say that over and over again. It's just, it's sickening to me that this is the conversation that we're having. And it's obviously easily called out by others because here is Tucker Carlos and mentioning the fact that this is exactly what they were going to do prior to the, either of these speeches coming out. He knew this, and here's a clip of Tucker Carlson discussing it. Oh. That if the president uses the deaths of children to try to make himself more powerful, he really is a lonesome man unworthy of leading this country. He may rise above it and try to unite this country. In which case he will get praise from us and from every American, some are not doing that. However, some have gone lower than you even imagined a Congressman called Rubin. Galago just tweeted this quote, just to be clear, F you Ted Cruz, you effing baby killer. Can you imagine, what do we think of Ted Cruz? He did not shoot anybody. It's a horrible thing. Nancy Pelosi, recent statements re released a statement saying this quote. It is time for all in Congress to heed the will of the American people, enjoying it and enacting the house passed bi-partisan common sense, lifesaving legislation into law. Of course they jump at any opportunity, including the deaths of children to make partisan points. And then a character called Juliet Kam. A former Obama administration official DHS said the shooting is proof. We need to get rid of immigration laws. She said that I'm seeing this a few hours. From an investigation standpoint, I'm going to do what the facts tell me now. So I've got demographics, first of all, an 80% Hispanic school district. So the most important thing for the federal government to do right now is to say there will be no immigration enforcement during this period in that. Uh, area. It is, it has a large immigration population. You want parents with their kids. You don't want people hiding right now. And we need to make that clear ASAP because of the political issues in Texas. So a normal person, decent person stands in reverence and awe and deep sadness before a tragedy like this, a filthy person jumps in to figure out how can this make me more powerful? Jeanine Pirro is the co-host of the five. She joins us tonight. Judge. Thanks so much for coming on. Um, you really do learn about people in the immediate aftermath of something like. Don't ya? Well, you know, what you just saw is really the epitome of the politicization of a tragedy. Some people are so ideologically rigid that they will use anything, anything to bootstrap their political ideology in this case, you know, to basically open the borders. And that is a sad, disgusting commentary when the thing that, okay, that's enough of that. But you get the. How dare you. How dare you. Like I said, stand on the backs of these grieving parents and devote 80% of your speech on this topic to policy political agenda reform, including immigration. What a, what clown world do you live in? Where that's an appropriate conversations surrounding what just happened now? I'm not even going to get into it. This. Some of the deeper, you know, rabbit holes that you can when these situations arise. But if you're in that zone, you know what I'm talking about? Um, you know, it, I'm sure these, these things obviously happen. And this obviously is a horrific. I don't know, I won't even get into it, but in this case, it's, it's so sad. It's so horrible. And, and to see our politicians are not even our politicians, our president and our vice president, just rubbing, rubbing the nation's nose in, in, in specifically calling out Ted Cruz, calling him a baby murderer for what not pushing your totalitarian gun laws. You know, the, the, the, the fundamental. Constitutional rights that we were given. It's all gross. It's all disgusting. And it, this whole thing makes me sad. It makes me sad to see our leadership's response to it. It makes me, like I said, it's just disgusted by the, by the approach that they took on this two and two minutes and 40 seconds, he devoted to the conversation surrounding what happened and the, his grieving for the parents. And then the other five minutes were devoted. Dear wearing Kevlar vests in a forest. I don't know. I don't have much more to say about this at this point. I just wanted to get that out there with you guys. It's a sad day. Um, it's a horrific day and my heart goes out to any of the parents who are dealing with this tragedy, any of the parents and children who are a part of that school district, uh, there's a lot of difficult conversations and difficult times. And, uh, yeah, it's horrible. So that's all I got for today, guys. Uh, I hope you and your family are safe. Um, please, uh, subscribe, leave a five-star review if you enjoyed this podcast while I guess enjoyed is probably the wrong word to use in this situation, but, uh, you know, if you kind of, um, like. 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Summer's coming!  So today, special education parent and advocate, Lisa Lightner, founder of A Day in Our Shoes, joins me to discuss Extended School Year services.  What are they?  Who gets them? And do you need them?   Check out ADayInOurShoes.com A transcript of this episode can be found here shortly after the episode is published:  https://specialed.law/summer-isnt-just-a-courtesy/ TRANSCRIPT (not proofread) SUMMARY KEYWORDS parents, child, ies, extended school year, iep, school, school district, hear, social skills, students, program, summer, services, lisa, special ed, offering, camp, regression, week, disabilities SPEAKERS Dana Jonson Dana Jonson  00:02 Hello, and welcome to need to know with Dana Jonson. I'm your host, Dana Jonson. And I'm here to give you the information you need to know to best advocate for your child. I'm a special education attorney in private practice, a former special education teacher and administrator, a current mom to four children with IPS and I myself have ADHD and dyslexia. So I've approached the world of disability and special education from many angles. And I'll provide straightforward information about your rights and your schools obligations, information from other professionals on many topics, as well as tips and tricks for working with your school district. My goal is to empower you through your journey. So please subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss any new episodes. And I want to know what you want to know. So like, follow and drop me a note on my need to know with Dana Jonson Facebook page. Okay, let's get started. Hello, and thank you for joining me today. I'm very excited to talk about the extended school year today. We are in mid June, which is the end of the school year. And so hopefully if your child requires Yes, why you've already established that in your IEP. But what we're going to talk about more is why do we have it? What is this? Why? Why do we have it? Why do we want it? And do we really want to use it. And I have with me Lisa lightner, who is a parent, and advocate and the founder of a day in our shoes, which is an amazing resource for parents a website with an amazing resource. And we'll get into all of that in a minute. But I wanted to first touch on the fact that if you have not heard yet, I will repeat myself I am going through a transition or not I am not my podcast is need to know with Dana Jonson is going through a transition. And next week will be the final episode as need to know with Dana Jonson. And then I will relaunch again in August as special ed on special ed, it will be special ed experts talking about special ed topics. So basically the exact same content. I'm just changing the name and the logo, because what I learned is that when you search for a special education podcast, need to know doesn't necessarily pop up on your screen. So I have a wonderful and solid loyal audience. And I love you all. And I want to reach more people. So we're just going to change do some cosmetic changes. But I'll be back in August with all the same great content. So I do hope to see you there. Now back to Yes, why? Hello, Lisa, thank you so much for joining me today. Yay. I want to talk to you because you have a lot of experience with special ed and also with helping parents and with going through the process yourself. So I was hoping you could give me a little background and maybe introduce yourself and how you and a day in our shoes came to be because that website is so amazingly full of information for parents, and probably teachers and administrators as well. I'm going to guess a few of those peruse your site. 03:03 Yes, I know that I do get a lot of school staff traffic, especially for my lists of IEP goals and the various disciplines or areas of need. So yeah, so it's good for both parents and school staff. Although my main goal from the get go and you know, as it continues to be today, as always been to help parents understand the IEP process. Actually, in March, the site just turned 10 years old, which is a little crazy. I know, I can't believe it. Prior to that I actually did have a different I had a separate site and I was working as a teacher, I used to teach a vocational program. And I had a sight completely unrelated to anything disabilities. But I did have a baby with disabilities, his preschool sent home a flyer to take training to become a special ed advocate. His school did. Yeah, he went to an arc preschool. Dana Jonson  03:55 Okay, that makes more sense. I'm envisioning the public school sending you out a flyer. I 04:02 know you went to an ark preschool. So they sent home a flyer to do this special ed advocacy training. And I did it merely because he was a toddler. And I said, you know, this seems like a lot. And I already understood that like, Whoa, this is pretty overwhelming because people were always coming to my house and explaining things to me and paperwork was just, you know, phenomenal. Dana Jonson  04:25 It Anyway, during the lab work and special ed. 04:28 But during the last recession, I lost my job during the 2008 recession. I lost my job, I was already in the training. So suddenly, I had a lot more time on my hands and became you know, was still going through the training, started volunteering, merge that into working part time for the arc as an advocate and then went on, you know, went off on my own started the website. And it's funny because I started the website actually with another friend who is also an advocate and we were like, oh, we're gonna like this website's gonna be about everything special. needs and like we live near where we live in Philadelphia. And we're like, we're going to list camps. And we're going to list programs and support meetings. And I mean, for Philadelphia alone, that amount of information is completely overwhelming. And what I, what I had learned early on is that parents really weren't just coming to the site for the IEP information. And, you know, some of my earliest posts are on things like what to do when your child's suspended manifestation hearings, and just because no one explains that to them and in language that they can understand and kind of walks you through the process. So you know, really, it was the parents who told me, this is what we need to hear, this is what we want to hear. So it's just grown since there. Dana Jonson  05:44 I love it. Because I feel like as you said, it breaks things down in a way that is consumable. You know, that makes sense. And I even find, for me, when I go to look something up, if I go to another attorneys page, sometimes about something in the law, and even I get bored, you know, like, this is so dry. So it's great to have that translation, you know, in what I call real, you know, I 06:07 do read Ida off and in the procedural safeguards, and the Federal Register that goes with it. And you know, it's those paragraphs, you have to go through them three and four times and the sentence at a time and well, then there's case law that defines it afterwards. And it's not really clear cut or black and white as we'd like it to be Dana Jonson  06:25 let's talk about is why does your child heaviest? Why did you have to have this battle at some point? 06:29 Well, first of all, let's let's just clarify, because I do this to ies y means extended school year. Dana Jonson  06:35 Yes. Thank you for slowing me down. I talked so fast. And sometimes I completely forget that. I'm just talking in my own language. But you're right, we're talking about extended school year services, not summer school, not camp, it's very specific service, that children who qualify are entitled to from their school district. And it's an extended school year. That's exactly what it sounds like. It means that your school year will continue beyond when the typical school year ends. So how do we get there? Lisa, why do we want it? What is it? 07:08 Right? Well, so first of all, you said, Did you ever do that battle? And I'd have to say No, I've never had to fight that battle with my child. That's great. Pennsylvania actually does have one case, he's in what is known as the Armstrong group. And it was based on a case you know, Armstrong versus someone I don't remember who it was. But the Armstrong group is kids whose needs are, you know, they're pretty high needs pretty severe autism, intellectual disability, situations like that. So it's kind of like says kids in the Armstrong group are always going to qualify for Yes. Why they're always going to need it. So he's in he's in that group. So it's not thankfully, that's one battle, I don't have to fight every year. Dana Jonson  07:54 Well, that is a good point. And and to start right off the bat, let's talk about why a student might need Yes, why. And I think that there is a misconception, there are several misconceptions about it. One is that it is only for regression. So right, only if you're going to regress, now, all students regress, right? So let, let's just start there, all of them regress over the summer, it's called the summer slide. That's why we have those silly packets, we have to force them to fill out and do over the summer. And you know, in the first month of school is really teachers trying to get kids back into the swing of things and caught back up and figuring out where their slides were. And for children with disabilities, if they are going to regress even more than that typical amount, then that's when we're looking at extended school year services. But what you're saying about this arm strong group in Pennsylvania, which is specific to your state, but we also argue here in Connecticut, which is and everywhere else is that if the nature of the disability is so severe, that the student requires those additional weeks or months to meet their goals and objectives, because that's what they require. They're continuing to work on those pieces, then they might also qualify for extended school year. 09:09 Yeah. And they're actually you know, as you know, there are other criteria, as far as is the child on the verge of an emerging skill, how long it takes them to recoup lost skills, and things like that. So I think that that is probably the biggest myth out there that, you know, he he doesn't regret he's not at fear, or he's not at one of the standard line that I hear from parents is that he's not at risk for regressing, so he doesn't qualify. Dana Jonson  09:34 Well, I think that's how do you define regression? Because as you said, if you're on the verge of an emerging skill, and if you wait till September to continue it, and you will lose that ground, that's called regression. I mean, I think that's how I look at it anyway, you know, so I think we have to look at it from a lot of different places, and sometimes I hear well, they're fine on Christmas break. So we don't have regression, 09:57 right? And that's where I tell parents that you know, It's you have to stay engaged in the process, you know, year round. And because a lot of kids, I mean, a lot of kids do regress, even over Christmas break, but the parent doesn't necessarily document that or it's not the things aren't as visible. And I have to remind parents all the time that, you know, teachers in schools only see what happens at school. So if you're seeing additional things at home, you need to start documenting that. Right. Dana Jonson  10:24 And that's been a neat change over COVID. Right, is that I think parents voices are getting a little louder. Yeah, because they're actually seeing this progression or understanding what regression is. And, and I think that's a good point, because maybe, as you said, an emerging skill. And I'm saying, I see that as regression. But if the parent doesn't know that emerging skill is happening in school, then the parent isn't going to know to document the regression either. Right? So a lot of that comes back to communication and understanding what's in the IEP and what your child is working on. 10:54 Yes. And I believe, and I, sometimes I get confused in my head, I'm like, is this Pennsylvania specific? Or is this Ida, but I believe it's in Ida that no single factors should decide whether or not the child gets Yes, why. So even if that alone, if you're saying, well, the child doesn't regress enough to get Yes. Why? Well, Ida says, it shouldn't be any one single factor, Dana Jonson  11:16 right? There should take in a whole bunch of components. And as we know, every child is different. And we individualize. So how do you find ies wise typically provided when you're advocating for students? And you're looking for extended school year programs? How do you find that that is typically provided to families? 11:35 Yeah, so one of the other tenets of ies why is that it's supposed to be individualized? No. Dana Jonson  11:45 I heard a rumor. 11:48 But that is honestly I would say, and I get it, I get that only certain teachers agree with their contract to work over the summer, certain therapists, things like that, and busing and, you know, bus, what's the word? I'm looking for contracts and therapist contracts, you know, because a lot of these things, therapies and you know, like bcbas, and transportation, mostly, you know, a lot of schools don't have their own they contract out. So I get that, from an administrative standpoint, it makes a lot of sense to just say, Hey, we're doing four weeks in July, Monday through Thursday, nine to one See you there. But around here anyway, that's getting to be just the norm. You know, hey, we'll see in July, Monday through Thursday, nine to one, Dana Jonson  12:32 right and less if it depending on when the Fourth of July falls? Yes. Right. Because that could add or eliminate a whole week, 12:39 right? And then we have a whole other situation where in the city, if the buildings aren't air conditioned schools get canceled. And a lot of you know, because I live in an old area. I live near Philadelphia, and a lot of these buildings aren't air conditioned. So then that throws in a whole other. Dana Jonson  12:55 No, yeah. And Connecticut schools can't go past the end of June because no schools are mandated to be air conditioned. And it's hot here. You know, we had a heatwave the other week, I was surprised, no schools closed. Because you need air conditioning in Connecticut in the summer. 13:10 Right. And they did actually, that was just You're right. That was just like last week, and Philadelphia schools did dismiss early they dismissed at lunchtime each day, because it just got too hot. So yes, I would say the biggest trend and but it's also the biggest concern is just that that whole individuality piece, as far as eBay just gets tossed out the window. And I think parents need to engage more and investigate. Like, I think they spend so much time focusing on whether or not their child qualifies. And oh, I just want them to get as why that they're not digging deep and saying, Okay, I gotta Yes, why now what's going to happen? Because it's to be based on your child's IEP. And if they're going to do you know, two hours of La each day and two hours of math and then send your kid home, and your child doesn't necessarily have needs in those areas, then you know why, you know, nobody wants to go to school in the summer, right? As Americans, we're just we're programmed to not think about school to not go to school in the summer, and nobody wants to do it. So if you're going to get your child in ies why let's make it meaningful, right? Let's, you know, if they're going to go and you're going to do that, let's make it meaningful. Dana Jonson  14:15 I hear that as well, that, you know, we want as why we want as why, and then, you know, maybe I get EMI for my client. And later they say, Well, that wasn't really what they needed. I have to remind clients that that you are the parent, and they're all these experts around you. And you know, I'm using air quotes for experts that you can't see. But there are all these experts around you telling you what it should be. And at the end of the day, as you said, if if it's focused on math and reading and your child's issues, their social skills, and schools can't mandate typical students to attend summer programs or ies. Why then is that program really benefiting your child? You have to figure that out. There's no one else around is going to do it for you. 14:55 The flip side of that is that parents who are fairly certain that their child is going to get the Guess why they some of them jump right to the so I found the summer camp. mean, I found the social skills summer camp, and I'm going to make the school pay for it. Meanwhile, social skills isn't even an identified area of need in the IEP. So right, you know, again, it has to be individualized. But it also has to be defined as an area of need in the IEP. And as you said, they cannot force non IEP students to attend Yes, why to enable that LRE. Dana Jonson  15:26 That's a very good point, because I have had parents call me and say, You know, I think my child really needs the social skills piece. But there is no social skills, as you said, in the IEP, that's a red flag, right? If, if you're looking for a service that is not in your child's IEP, it should be, then we need to revisit that whole component. Because, you know, some children, if they go the whole summer, and they don't have friends, their parents can do their level best to get those interactions, but they're not getting that peer interaction, like they get at school. And that's a really long time to go without that. 16:02 Right. It is, and especially this year, you know, because many had at least a year gap, if not more, you know, some stayed home through May or June and are not going back until the fall. So they haven't been there since last March. You know, and I know a lot of schools have been in the fall and it gradually more and more throughout the school year. But yeah, I mean, it's that is a long time. Dana Jonson  16:22 Did you find where you are or where you are now? Do you find that schools are opening up ies wise and or summer school and or recruitment programs? Not recruitment Brit re yeah recoup recoup not recruit programs to help students who had that that huge gap because I find there are some some schools around where I am that are doing that that are being more proactive and saying like last year, they said anyone who wanted to go to ESRI could 16:51 Yeah. So Laura. And I actually know Laura, who works for those of you missed it on Laura did was gracious enough to do a facebook live with me. And we talked about comp services due to COVID and getting the services. Because what another issue you know, of course, keep in mind, nobody ever comes to me when things are going well, they only come to me, right? things aren't going well, right? I have to constantly remind myself of that. But a lot of parents are inquiring about comp services like hey, my child missed a year of this and you know, you're have that. And then it's Oh, well, he can go to ies Why then he can go to ies Why? And again, it's about that digging deeper and saying well, but this is what he missed. So what is ies? Why, and and what's going to happen there? And is that sufficient? Because yes, I do see a lot of schools being more generous with offering EFI to students. But again, just bring them in for a couple of hours to do some reading and some math. Dana Jonson  17:47 Kids don't progress through osmosis. Right? Right, just appearing in the school, 17:53 they're not getting that pull out, or they're not getting their therapy, or whatever it is, because I hear all kinds of crazy stuff like, well, we don't do OT and E s y. And like, I don't you know, Dana Jonson  18:02 any any statement that starts with we don't, is usually incorrect. 18:08 The only thing the only one that I will say applies this time is that for as why the school cannot guarantee LRE. But other than that everything apply. Dana Jonson  18:18 And that's fair, because you can't compel typically developing students to go to a summer program. Right? I do hear that argument, though, for students who really require interaction with typically developing students that truly is what helps their progress and their success in the classroom or the environment that they're in whatever that may be. And so, you know, I often have situations where parents say, Well, why can't they do their ies? Why at a camp? Why can't they do that? And my responses they can, we can absolutely do that, if that's what's necessary. And how do we set that up to make that that argument that that is what your child requires. But that goes back to what you're saying about the individualization. And I think a lot of parents are trained to understand that are taught that this nine to one July program is actually what he is why it is, right. Yeah, you know, that they actually believe that's what it is. So because that's what it's called. And so, you know, when we're looking at extended school year, you know, programs and I hear schools say, well, it's really just about regressions, so we don't have to add anything new. So we're okay here. How do you go about working with parents to come up with creative ways to identify and and obtain those different kinds of extended school years? 19:43 Okay, so first of all, it depends. I have to tell you, it honestly depends on what time of year they come to me because the parents who are coming to me now and it is happening now, sometimes time is just not on your side, right? It just isn't, and so to Come to me, you know, Memorial Day or June 15, and say, Oh, well, I'm not happy with this ESP program from a time factor, there's usually not a lot I can do, because what I have always always preached is, you know, look at the present levels, present levels is what drives the IEP. And if this need is not in present levels, it's, then there's not going to be a goal for it. And if there's no goal for it, there's not going to be any supports and services for it. Right. And so that's, that's usually at the core of the issue is that there's an identified need. So then, okay, well, let's get it identified. Well, that takes time. And that's the kind of thing you know, like, he's, like you said, going back to their social skills example, if mom and dad are seeing that the child's struggles with social skills, but he's able to get through school day, and it's not an identified need on an IEP, you know, again, you can't go to the school and say, Well, this is the social skills camp is what he needs for EAS, why? What his child needs is some evaluations to show that he lacks social skills. And that's going to take time, and on June 15, you know, I can't necessarily help you there. So from the school's point of view, what I do always do say to parents, as you know, like, look at these camps, most of them are nonprofits, look for scholarships, look for, you know, go to your Lions Club, though, to your co Ana's club, your rotary and see if they do sponsorships for, you know, children in the community with disabilities. And if they would sponsor this camp for you, if you cannot afford it. And also, you know, if you, I get it, we're guaranteed faith, and that first word is free. But just because our kids are guaranteed fate doesn't mean that if you have a disabled child that you're never ever going to have to pay for anything for them ever again. So you know, some good point, yeah, and some parents are in a position to pay for these things. And that is, you know, what I call the path of least resistance. If I can't help you demonstrate this week, you know, that your child needs social skills, then I just don't really think that's going to be an option for you. Like, we can go through the motions and we can get things started. But the school is under no obligation in most cases to evaluate for this camp starts and things like that. Dana Jonson  22:09 I've seen that there was like a, as a plan on school districts part is that they make it a little difficult. So for parents who can pay for ies why they just do they just find something and pay for it. And again, the path of least resistance. And I do get that as well. But then I also find that what ends up happening is the people who can't afford to place are stuck and fighting their district. And the district is playing the same game with them. So they're having to push back and they can't afford to push back or to unilaterally place. And that's where we run into trouble. A lot of times, too, when I get that call, I also have to remind parents that hiring me to get the school district to say yes to Yes. Why may cost you more than the EMI program. 22:55 Right. A great example is several years ago, I had a family and they wanted this 15 $100 s y program, and we ended up going to mediation. And yes, the girl got it, the female student got the program in mediation that that we wanted. But I mean, I'm sitting there in mediation, looking at this table of like, seven or eight school staff. And it was this time of year. I mean, it was summer had already started school is out. And I thought you know, here, we have a superintendent and me, you know, they're paying me and all these people and to challenge us on a 15 $100 program. So and yes, I certainly acknowledge that, you know, of course, I go off on tangents and talk about this stuff all day. There certainly is a gap in a you know, in public education, certainly between the haves and the have nots. And having a parent pay for a program that they can afford, can exacerbate that gap. And I'm not I don't want to come across as that I'm comfortable with that, like, Oh, well, too bad for you. If you can't afford it, you know, again, that's how I understand Yeah, you can look into, you know, you can try to look into scholarships and things like that. But for the parent who can afford it, like I said, you know, you and I will probably still get one or two more calls this week, from parents. Yeah, from parents who are looking for EMI. And you know, in some cases, when you come to us at this time of year that if you want that program, they're like, well, it starts June 21. Like I These are your options, you sign up and pay for yourself or you know, Dana Jonson  24:22 well until that point, and I want to be really clear that neither Lisa nor I are giving any legal advice here. Lisa is not an attorney, but I am and I'm not giving legal advice and I don't know your your students situation. But to that point, if a parent were to do that, and go pay for their program themselves, and I always want to make this clear to any parent anytime. If you expect any money back from a district that you spend, you have to go through a very important legal process and document and note it properly. And the most, the most important part is you have to give 10 days notice so Before your child leaves the public school, not before they start the new program, before they leave the public school 10 days beforehand, at least, you must have given notice in writing that the school district did not offer an appropriate program, that you're in disagreement with their program, that you believe this is an appropriate program. And that you will be placing your child there, and that you expect to get reimbursement later that you're preserving your rights to reimbursement. That's very important. I also usually mentioned to parents, if you're spending money, you want to get back, talk to a lawyer, it's that simple. talk to a lawyer is the best way to make sure you've covered your ground. But so for those of you who are listening to us right now and thinking, Oh, I didn't get ies why yet I got to figure that out. Make sure that you talk to somebody, so you're doing it the right way. But for people who already have it in their IEP, and the issue is a dispute of where it is, you know, yes, there are a lot of options. So that kind of brings me to another question that Lisa, which is through your child does qualify and you do get it? Do you have to go? And I get that a lot from parents too, who say I don't want to say no to anything. I don't I don't want to say no, because you don't you don't want the IP to be weakened because you're going to visit grandma for the week. You don't want to not have it in there. So how do you advise parents who asked that question? Do I have to go to ies wire does my child have to 26:21 go? I know it's parents spend so much time and it is such a fight some time to get services that they're so they just don't want to decline? Anything that's offered to them. And I get it. I Dana Jonson  26:31 never did either. I mean, I bore kids with IPS. So I totally understand. 26:37 I mean, first of course, ask the special ed director or ask whoever's running the EFI program, you want to know what's going to happen there. Because as I said earlier, you want to make it meaningful, right? If you are going to send your child to school during the summer, which is going to affect you know, the entire household, right? You want to see what's going on? And is it appropriate for your child? Is it going to be meaningful? It's not talked about a lot, but school districts are not actually permitted. And it's not legal advice. But school districts are not permitted to retaliate against parents for refusing services. So in a perfect world, no, that shouldn't be held against you, as we all know what what the statute says and what happens every day is not necessarily the same thing. But no, they're not supposed to retaliate against you are not permitted to retaliate against you for refusing a service. That being said, I haven't This isn't an area where I would necessarily expect to see a lot of retaliation because they the school district has planned their ESP program. They've hired X number of teachers and X number of Paras and they do kind of have a cap on, you know, yep, this is how many kids we're going to offer. Yes. Why to? So being able to cut those numbers back, I wouldn't necessarily expect retaliation in this area, because it is going to save the district money, right? If five parents say no, that might be another pair that they don't have to hire for ESXi. So I wouldn't necessarily be afraid of that. I would you know, Dana Jonson  28:04 I also find that as wide disputes, and as soon as I say this, it's going to change. I'm going to jinx myself. But I tend to find that because yes, why programs, as you said you're fighting over a 15 $100 program, oftentimes as Why is not as cost prohibitive as a program during the school year. So I find that those disputes are often easier to resolve, because they're short term, they're short lived, and they're not tremendously expensive. So I see the bigger fights for ies wise, when you have a child who really requires a 12 month program, that's usually where we have like the more major disputes, and we don't have that in place. Or for students who require two months of extended school year, not just one, 28:47 right, that I that you're right, and that, you know, if they're offering where I see the disputes is the parents who are trying to buck the school with the you know, this, this nine to one monday through thursday camp program isn't appropriate for what my child needs. So and in fact, that 15 $100 program was just that we wanted something at the local university, which was completely appropriate for what this girl needed. And the camp program that the school was offering was not appropriate. So like he said, that's where I see the issues is when parents don't want to do the camp program, and they do want the summer camp or the something else, which in many cases may be really appropriate. You know, if social skills is your biggest is your child's biggest need, you know, but again, it's going back to getting that documented, and is that a you know documented area of need and all that Dana Jonson  29:34 I often recommend the parents if they are sending their child somewhere else that they explained to the school district how that will address some of the issues for us Why? Because a lot of times going to that summer camp. It's not a special ed camp. It's not providing those educational components, but it will address the special education needs of the child and that's what we're looking for. right we're looking for to address the special education needs of the child. And I think that oftentimes that puts the district at rest to Okay, well, you're doing your thing, but we know that at least that they're getting some services. So when we come back to the table in September, we're still on the same page. You know, school isn't going to say, I can't teach your kid because you didn't send them to us why, right? That's not gonna happen, right? Yeah, I 30:21 was for EFI, or for any really, you know, I guess, an alternative si program is really an out of District placement, right? Because you're not doing with the district, in district for any out of District placement, I say, go there, ask them or talk to them read the website, what are they doing at that placement that your child needs, that they are possibly, they're just never going to get that in what the district is offering, right. Dana Jonson  30:47 And a lot of times, it's the typically developing peers, the role models, the social skills, and I've had school districts send a para to the local camp, if a student was maybe going to the local camp, and the parent was paying for the camp, but maybe the school sent the para, that's not typical. So don't get excited about that. But I have seen it happen that way. I've also seen ies y in the form of like some one on one tutoring. 31:12 Yep. Oh, yeah, I've seen a lot of you know, some kids don't need nine to one every day. But they do need to keep up on some things. So once or twice a week might be you know, and now every school district in the country just about is set up to do things virtually. So if your child's needs are strictly academic, you know, maybe they don't need to leave the house, maybe they do only need an hour, a day or an hour a week of some online tutoring, or some you know, instruction or something like that, working with his teacher. Yeah, I mean, just, you know, like you're talking about an out of District, but they sent the para, you know, be creative and think about everything, you know, think about what you can offer them and because it is you know about being collaborative, Dana Jonson  31:51 and I find that the more options a parent comes to the table with and also though, to your point, understand what your school is offering going in and saying I know you're Yes. Why is canned? And doesn't do anything isn't an argument. Right? It's definitely not a legal argument. But it's also not an argument and you don't have a really good ground to stand on. You know, if you're and I think other parents are great resource, and we need them, and they help you. But you have to get the information yourself. 32:21 Yeah, I would ask to see like curriculum or lesson plans or something, because what I've found is a lot of parents will call an IEP meeting to talk about this. And then they say, Well, my child needs this and they go, okay, we do that. And they go, Well, my child needs this. Oh, yeah, we do that they do everything. Right. They do everything in these four hours, right. So it's, it's getting some not just verbal reassurance, but something else that like, you want to know what they're doing each day, I've found that a lot of them are just a lot of fun time to you know, a lot of outdoor games and, and I get it, it's summer, you want to keep things light, but you know, I'm not going to send my kids every day to go play in the playground for four hours, either, you know, because that's not helping him or anyone else. So Dana Jonson  33:05 right. So yeah, so I think, you know, understanding very thoroughly what the school district is actually offering and what that looks like, it's hard because parents can't observe the ESA, during the school year, because it's not there. So that's a bit challenging. So you do have to rely on other parents and their experiences. But yeah, going to your team and asking them to pull out specifically, what are we working on, I hear a lot of well, it's only to prevent regressions. So it's going to be a lot less, it's going to be minimal. It's going to be all these things. I actually this year had a an PPT or in Connecticut, we call them ppts. But an IEP meeting, where they said the formula we use is and I thought, okay, thank you for sharing, we're going to revisit that. You know, there's no one formula for ESP for every child on the planet. And that is really the key part. And I do believe that a lot of the ESP programs that schools have can address a lot of students needs, but not all of them, right? Not every child and not every need. So we do really need to take those those ideas and those thoughts and think outside the box. I also caution parents that a lot of times I find schools, at least I have found and again, I don't come in unless there's a problem. And there's another attorney at the table. So usually we're there to try and fix the problem. That's the goal. But I find that we can be very creative, and in a way that school districts can't always be at the IP table. So to also be a little flexible with the IEP team. Yeah. Could we could we maybe come to a better agreement outside of this meeting? Because I think we can resolve the issues. You know, if there's an issue and an easy way to resolve it, why wouldn't the school want to 34:51 Right, right. I think also, you know, obviously the internet and social media has been a complete game changer for IEP parents, right like One of my mentors has a disabled son who's my age. And so she tells me about in the 70s standing by her mailbox, like literally waiting for this newsletter to get to her home, you know, because that's was the 70s. Right? So it's been a complete game changer, the Dana Jonson  35:13 fact that she could find a newsletter in the 70s and 80s. I'm really impressed with. 35:19 But I think that it's it's been a mixed blessing because I think parents see other parents getting things doing things, and then they think, Oh, my gosh, I have to be doing that. And not every child with an IEP gets ies Why? And not every child with an IEP needs is why and you kind of have to go with your gut, I, you know, go with your gut instinct, and then work on defining that gut instinct, you know, with your IEP team, but it's okay, if your child doesn't need ies Why? Just because you see all these other parents doing it. And I feel like it has become kind of like the latest, like buzz word are out there like, Yeah, do you have Yes. Why do you have vs? Why? What do you know? And it's okay to not go to ies why it's okay. You know, again, it's okay to tell the school No, but it's also okay, if Dana Jonson  36:04 you can also get your accommodations for your summer packet, you know, so, so your child might not need Yes, why, but if they had that summer packet that everybody else has, you can be requesting things through their, their IP that they may need to assist them through that packet. And that may even include touching in with a teacher, or, or something like that, without necessarily being an extended school year. 36:29 And I but I see a lot of I think parents, IEP parents, we are so fists up ready for battle all the time, that as soon as we hear no, we're prepared to fight for it, you know, and so you're in your IEP meeting in January, February? And they say, okay, yes. Why we don't think your child qualifies. And just because they were told no, like, the parent automatically thinks, well, they told me no, so I better fight for this. And again, not every child needs it. And that's okay. Dana Jonson  36:57 You know, and I also like, when they say that in October, I usually say can we reconvene, and let's just reconvene and like may and talk about it again, we get a little closer. But I agree with you, just because it exists doesn't mean you have to have it or that your child can get it, you know, your child truly may not qualify. Right, right. And then you're fighting a losing battle. And I do see that because I think that if you feel like you're not getting everything that you need, or your child is not getting everything that they are entitled to over here. And then you see this other thing over there. And like, why can't we get that? And I try to remind parents to keep the focus, what is it that you want, just because you're not getting this thing over here doesn't mean we want to distract our efforts to fight for all this other stuff over there that maybe we don't really need. Let's stay here and get this piece here that we want. And I think that's a good point. You know, not everybody qualifies for it. And it's it's not the end of the world, 37:53 right. And also that I see a lot of parents put their hopes into, they think that in the summer program that their child is going to catch up, well, that's great, I'm going to send him to ies wine, he's going to catch up to his peers, I have never seen that happen. I mean, never Dana Jonson  38:07 well. And I like to say if your child didn't catch up with their peers over the school year, there's a good chance, they won't catch up in four weeks from nine to one, you know, so it's and it's not meant for that it's not summer school, it's not you fail the class. And so now you're taking it again, or you're improving your grade. it's specific to the IEP, and it's specific to the child's needs, and to ensure ongoing progress and a lack of regression. So you know, as we said, I do hope that everybody out there who wants to swipe either has it or has it lined up. But keep in mind that you don't necessarily require EMI. And if you don't require it, or if you don't like it, you don't necessarily have to go to it. The other piece I like to tell parents is you can disagree with it and send your child that's another one you have to remember, if you disagree with it, but you don't have an option. You can tell them you disagree with it to preserve your rights for later on down the road. If something else comes up, you can say I disagree with it. I don't think this is appropriate, but I am going to send them. So that's sort of a another piece to consider. Because I also know sometimes parents don't speak up because they're afraid if they say they don't that it's not appropriate. There won't be any other options. 39:17 Yeah. And it always goes back to what I've preached for 12 years is that all parents need to stay engaged in, you know, an IEP is not just an annual meeting, you have to stay engaged all the time. And yes, in Ida it says that you're supposed to be notified of the school's ies why decision with enough time to exercise their procedural safeguards. So, you know, again, I tell parents, if you're if you haven't heard anything by March or April, you know, it's okay to send an email, you know, look at your IP, see what it says and send an email and ask, you know, because you do need time to exercise your procedural safeguards, Dana Jonson  39:53 but don't wait for the school to come to you. Right, right. Exactly. It's sort of like if your point of my teenage I have three teenagers driving right now. And I told one of them, I was like, oh, look out for that. And they're like, oh, if they hit me, it would be their fault. And I thought, Well, yeah, it would be their fault. But you wouldn't have a car, or you might have broken bones. So a little bit of an extreme example, but you know, if you want, yes, why, and you're waiting, and you know, the school district hasn't done it, and you're waiting, then, you know, you're you're hurting yourself. It might be their fault. And they might be wrong, but your child won't have this. Why? 40:30 Right. And it's June 15. So it's June 15. You hire me or or Dana, you know, it's gonna take us weeks to you know, even get going on that. Dana Jonson  40:41 I mean, it would take me two weeks to even establish probably a first call with an attorney. Yeah, you know, cuz no one has time to breathe right now. So now, that's a good point. Thank you, Lisa. Is there any last points on eBay? I feel like we kind of covered it all. You 40:55 know what, I just want to ask you one question, because it's your house. I've only had one family in 12 years. Have you ever successfully, you know, with or without your services? Maybe they maybe they resolve it on their own? Or you heard it from another attorney colleague, you know, forever? I've been told that he is why is not just for summer. It's anything that goes above and beyond the school year. Have you ever been successful with like weekend or holiday Christmas holiday? Yes. Why? Things like that? I've only ever had one? Dana Jonson  41:24 a great question. I have not actually argued that. That is not in 15 years, I've been practicing as an attorney for 15 years in special ed. And I have not argued that. But that is a great question. Because you're right. Yes, extended school year is extended school year, we're trained to believe that extended school year is nine to one in July. Right. Right. That's how we've been conditioned. But it's not. It's an anything above and beyond that same as extended day. 41:55 There are advocates around here who preach that and they say, well, you can ask for stuff on Saturdays. And you can ask for stuff on Christmas break and things like that. I've never, like I said I've had one. But we have a we have a weird thing in pa where most kids with disabilities can get wraparound behavioral health. So we can get home services. And those folks are permitted to do community based instruction and go out in the community with your child. So we can go about it the Medicaid route and get that. Now mind you, that's nothing academic, it's only behavioral. Dana Jonson  42:27 But if it's impacting their education, it's educational right here, it's 42:30 not really even an issue because like, well, this is my wraparound services Dana Jonson  42:34 students I've had who require that level of intensity are usually in our placements. When I'm involved. That's usually my experience. So I haven't argued for that or really seen that as a problem. But it is a really good point. And I think the good piece about the vagueness of VSI is what if you want a service that you can only get on a Saturday, you know what, if there's something out there, then it really shouldn't matter when it's offered? Does that make sense? 43:02 Yeah, no, because we do have a university around here that does a lot of behavioral stuff, and a lot of social skills and executive functioning clinics and camps and sessions and, and they're all on Saturdays. Dana Jonson  43:14 So it shouldn't matter that it's on a Saturday, it should be you know, and if it's during the school year, you could argue it's extended school year, because it's additional school days, or extended school day. You know, I've had students where they say, Oh, well, if the student you know, they have to attend the homework Hall, if they have to attend it, that sounds like an extended school day to me, you know. So I think there there are definitely ways to argue that I just I have found typically when I have had students in cases where they required that level of intensity, they're already in a program that probably provides it and, and in Connecticut, we also have other agencies that provide Home Services, depending on your situation, depending on your disability, depending on your insurance, depending depending depending so many things. So but again, that goes back to individuality of the child. 44:03 And I was just curious, because I've just heard it exists, but it's like a unicorn. I've Dana Jonson  44:06 never really seen it in action. But if if anyone out there has seen this, please reach out to me. I would love to hear about it. If you have obtained extended school year services and in a unique manner. I would love to hear about it. Lisa, thank you so much for joining me today. This was really wonderful. I thoroughly enjoy all of your resources and your website and your video casts and your live streams. So I strongly recommend you check out a day in our shoes. And if you're listening to this, you can go back to the show notes. I will have all of Lisa's information on her website in there. If you feel like Lisa speaking my truth. She's the only person I can talk to. I'll ever contact information. And you know, hopefully everybody is set up and ready to go into summer God willing. Thank you so much for joining me today. Please don't forget to subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss any new episodes. And if there Anything you want to hear a comment on, go to our Facebook page and drop me a note there. I'll see you next time here on need to know with Dana Jonson have a fabulous day

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