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Keep the Secondary Learning Centers Open! Created by Joshua Prentice on Feb 07, 2007 Petition History and Background: Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) announced in its 2008 budget that it would close or phase out secondary school learning centers for children with special education needs, one of the Gifted and Talented/Learning Disabled (GT/LD) programs, and other related programs. These decisions were made without including either parents or school personnel in its decision-making process. We strongly oppose forcing parents to place students in these programs, but insist that they remain open to serve the students who can only succeed in a smaller class setting... Besides limiting our children's educational options and reflecting an unconscionable lack of thought, preparation, and discussion, this action violates Federal Law - I.D.E.A. 2006 Federal Register, BOE Policy - DBA Budget Preparation and Procedures, and BOE Policy - ABA Community Involvement. Petition Text: WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, oppose Superintendent Jerry Weast's proposed plan to discontinue the Secondary Learning Centers, and request that the Montgomery County Board of Education (MCBOE) remove the decision from the FY 2008 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Operating Budget Process, and instead consider a special education improvement plan that does not involve closing the secondary learning centers and must be developed with input from parents and other community members, **as required by MCBOE policy.** Total signatures 988 #

Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

988

Mrs.

Jennifer Zaranis

Gaithersburg

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Oct 12, 2007

987

Mr.

B Lanson

Brookeville

MD

USA

N/G

Aug 29, 2007

986

Ms

Jacqueline Schick

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Jul 04, 2007

985

N/G

robert monsheimer

silver spring

md

N/G

N/G

May 29, 2007

984

Dr.

Kyung Kim

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

May 24, 2007

983

Dr.

William Jackson

Kensington

MD

USA

N/G

May 20, 2007

982

Ms.

Tammie Snyder

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Apr 26, 2007

981

mrs

kathryn leete

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Apr 19, 2007

980

zmtgl agzcrv

evhbgxcnz rjbindl evhbgxcnz

zmtgl agzcrv

CA

N/G

View

Mar 25, 2007

rjbindl 979

N/G

Rob and Shelley Gorrell

parkersburg

WV

N/G

View

Mar 21, 2007

978

Mrs

Julie Hudson

Erlanger

ky

USA

View

Mar 20, 2007

977

N/G

Amy Matathias

Brookeville

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 18, 2007

976

Ms.

Bennetta McDuffie

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 17, 2007

975

N/G

elyon davis

henderson

ky

N/G

N/G

Mar 16, 2007

974

N/G

Stacey Edwards

Germantown

Maryland

USA

N/G

Mar 15, 2007

973

N/G

William and Sandra Klopp

Sheridan

Indiana

USA

View

Mar 15, 2007

972

N/G

Carol Gardner

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Mar 14, 2007

971

ms

jane blumberg

Oxford

England

UK

View

Mar 13, 2007

970

N/G

John Conklin

Glouster

Ohio

N/G

View

Mar 13, 2007

969

Ms.

Kim Brown

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Mar 13, 2007

968

Mr.

Jones Smith

Rockville

MD

N/G

View

Mar 12, 2007

967

Dr

Deborah Bhattacharyya

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Mar 12, 2007

966

Ms.

Priscilla Rall

Frederick

MD

USA

View

Mar 12, 2007

965

Mrs.

Linda Painter

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 12, 2007

964

Ms

Shelly Peebles

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 12, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

963

Dr

George Blumberg

Oxford,

Oxfordshire

UK

View

Mar 12, 2007

962

N/G

Elaine Sigman

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 11, 2007

961

Ms

Laurel Lewis M.A., A.A.M.F.T.

Minneapolis

Minnesota

USA

View

Mar 11, 2007

960

Mrs.

Jean Robbins

Bethesda

MD

N/G

View

Mar 11, 2007

959

Mr

Richard Koeniger

Cincinnati

Ohio

USA

View

Mar 11, 2007

958

N/G

Christine Molishas

Frederick

MD

N/G

N/G

Mar 11, 2007

957

Mr.

Kenneth Carter

Baltimore

<aryland

USA

N/G

Mar 11, 2007

956

Mr

Mark Robbins

Seattlle

WA

N/G

View

Mar 11, 2007

955

Mrs.

Paula Montrie

Laurel

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 10, 2007

954

N/G

LIAT SHANUN

GAITHERSBURG

MARYLAND

N/G

N/G

Mar 10, 2007

953

Dr.

Timothy Wright

Timonium

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 09, 2007

952

Mr.

Charles G Wingate

Silver Spring/Cloverly

Maryland

USA

N/G

Mar 09, 2007

951

N/G

Jeffrey Simpson

Washington

DC

USA

N/G

Mar 09, 2007

950

N/G

Clifford Laufer

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Mar 09, 2007

949

Ms.

melissa sabaka

Rockville

md

USA

View

Mar 09, 2007

948

N/G

Amanda Sabaka

Montgomery Village

MD

N/G

N/G

Mar 09, 2007

947

Ms

Kristin Matherly

Burtonsville

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 09, 2007

946

N/G

Melissa A. Williamson

Silver Spring/Cloverly

Maryland

USA

View

Mar 09, 2007

945

Ms

Joyce Glenner

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Mar 09, 2007

944

N/G

Eileen Scott

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 09, 2007

943

Ms.

Stacey Abbott

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Mar 09, 2007

942

N/G

Jack Corbett

Potomac

Montgomery

N/G

N/G

Mar 09, 2007

County, Maryla 941

Dr.

Lynnwood Andrews

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 08, 2007

940

Dr

Sue Schwartz

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Mar 08, 2007

939

Ms.

Kristi Boucher-Welter

Brookeville

Maryland

USA

View

Mar 07, 2007

938

Ms.

Dawn Brown

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Mar 07, 2007

937

Mr.

Dean Teague

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 07, 2007

936

Mrs.

Pamela Teague

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 07, 2007

935

Mr & Mrs.

Antonio Navarro

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Mar 07, 2007

934

N/G

Frank Taylor

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Mar 07, 2007

933

Ms.

Debby Johnson

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Mar 04, 2007

932

N/G

Bianca Delaglio

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

View

Mar 03, 2007

931

Ms.

Dinah Wiley

Alexandria

VA

N/G

View

Feb 25, 2007

930

Mrs.

Betsey Hudis

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 22, 2007

929

N/G

Heather Boyle

Laytonsville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 22, 2007

928

Mrs.

Karen Craft

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 21, 2007

927

mr

alex kiener

Potomac

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 21, 2007

926

N/G

N. Chester

Laytonsville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 21, 2007

925

Mrs

Monica Cho

Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 20, 2007

924

N/G

Myra Yousaf

Liverpool

NY

USA

N/G

Feb 20, 2007

923

Mr

Pinny Roth

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 20, 2007

922

Ms.

Monica Rastogi

New York

NY

N/G

N/G

Feb 20, 2007

921

Ms

Sugam Garg

potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 20, 2007

920

N/G

Mary Cummings

Kensington

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 19, 2007

919

Dr.

Stephen Rose

Laytonsville

MD

USA

View

Feb 19, 2007

918

mrs

shelley colquitt

gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 19, 2007

917

mrs

maria bifsas

ellicott city

md

USA

N/G

Feb 19, 2007

916

Mrs.

Martha Dillon

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 19, 2007

915

N/G

Don Personette

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 18, 2007

914

mr

cary cohen

gaithersburg

maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 18, 2007

913

Mrs.

Judy Beach-Uhlman

Kensington

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 18, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

912

Dr

Jamie Freishtat

potomac

md

N/G

N/G

Feb 17, 2007

911

Ms

Catharine Niblack

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

View

Feb 16, 2007

910

ms

maureen mansfield

silver spring

montgomery

N/G

N/G

Feb 16, 2007

county, MD 909

Ms

Alexandra Praeger-Krishan

Kensington

MD

N/G

View

Feb 16, 2007

908

Mrs

Terri Newman

Olney

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 16, 2007

907

N/G

Chris Wright

Encinitas

CA

USA

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

906

N/G

Mary Kate Gutierrez

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

905

Ms.

Catherine Hagman

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

904

Mrs

susan Mudd

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

903

N/G

Heather Arner

Kensington

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

902

N/G

Heather Arner

Kensington

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

901

N/G

Peter Arner

Kensington

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

900

N/G

Carol Arner

Kensington

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

899

N/G

Jack Arner

Kensington

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

898

Ms.

Carol Harford

North Beach

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

897

Mrs.

Bonita Balzer

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

896

N/G

Donna Bowling

Dunkirk

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

895

Mrs.

Kirsten Quigley

Potomac

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

894

Ms.

Kellie Leighton-Oppler

Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

893

Miss

Ashley Johnson

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

892

Mr.

Vincent Palmiere

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

891

Mrs.

Adriane Price-Brown

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

890

Ms

Carol Clayton

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 15, 2007

889

Ms.

Treena Stup Treena1088

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 15, 2007

888

Ms

Jessica Personette

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 14, 2007

887

Dr.

linda Jacobs

Randallstown

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 14, 2007

886

Dr.

Joyce Wasserstein

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

885

Mr

Mehdi Benabdallah

Arlington

VA

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

884

N/G

Alfred McKegg

West Friendship

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

883

Ms.

Nancy Robertson

bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

882

Mr.

Richard Coffman

Potomac

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 14, 2007

881

N/G

Jeramie Calandro

Olney

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

880

N/G

Sarah Wright

Encinitas

CA

N/G

View

Feb 14, 2007

879

Mr.

Douglas Hartnett

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

878

Dr.

Basit Ali

Fort Worth

Texas

N/G

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

877

Dr.

Alida Anderson

Media

PA

USA

View

Feb 14, 2007

876

N/G

Cynthia Clarke

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

875

N/G

Sari Hornstein

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 14, 2007

874

Ms

Joan Schwartz

Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

873

N/G

Robert Campbell

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

872

Ms

Agata Raczka

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

871

Mrs

Gretchen Randolph

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 14, 2007

870

N/G

Debbie Kearns

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

869

N/G

Li Howard

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

868

N/G

Jon Olexy

Baltimore

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

867

N/G

Christen Augustin

Baltimore

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

866

Mrs.

Renee Gordon

Pikesville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

865

Ms

Dana Moffett

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

864

N/G

Julie Spitz

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

863

N/G

Victoria Johnston

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

View

Feb 14, 2007

862

Mrs.

Sophie Leahy

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

861

N/G

Zahra Nawaz

Alexandria

Virginia

N/G

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

860

N/G

Cindy Spoon

Takoma Park

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

859

Dr.

Susan Olson

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 14, 2007

858

N/G

Alicia Cooke

Bethesda`

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

857

N/G

Lisa Shames

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

856

Mr

Mark Haldane

Anchorage

Alaska

USA

N/G

Feb 14, 2007

855

N/G

Kristina Marshall

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 14, 2007

854

N/G

Meseret Tesfaye

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

853

N/G

Amy Benavides

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

852

Mrs

Simone Martinez

Ellicott City

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

851

Ms.

Victoria Kelly

Ashton

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

850

Mrs.

Kim Irish

Germantown

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

849

Mrs.

J Seaman

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

848

Mr.

W Paulikas

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

847

Mrs.

J Paulikas

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

846

Mrs.

Nicole Paulikas Daw

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

845

Mrs.

Matthew Daw

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

844

Mr.

Matthew Daw

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

843

Assoc. Prof

Gertrude Hopkins

Abingdon

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

842

N/G

Rita Klein

Kensington

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

841

Dr.

Richard Gross

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

840

Mr

Johann Wagner

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

839

N/G

Mindy Silverstein

Olney

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

838

Mrs

Carol W Gross

Chevy Chase

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

837

Ms

Deborah DiGilio

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

836

Ms

Mary Tucker Grady

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

835

Dr.

Elizabeth Sequeira

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

834

N/G

k cotton

bowie

maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

833

N/G

Keri Calandro

Olney

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

832

Ms.

Victoria Baldassano

Silver Spring

MD.

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

831

Dr.

Lora Dunne

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

830

Mrs.

Maureen Larson

Rockville

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

829

Mrs.

Lena Goodwin

Newton

MA

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

828

Mrs.

Stacey Berk

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

827

N/G

Jody Krieger

Kensington

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

826

N/G

Sheryl wolf-Heller

Clarksburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

825

Ms.

Michele Landa

Kensington

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

824

Mrs

Rebecca Smondrowski

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

823

Mrs.

Anne Strober

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

822

N/G

Sarah Harlen

SIlver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

821

N/G

Norrie Boyd

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

820

N/G

Hugh Abrams-Helde

Aspen Hill

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

819

Mr.

Shahid Javed Burki

Potomac

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

818

N/G

Dorothy Liniak

Potomac

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

817

N/G

Frederick Liniak

Potomac

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

816

Mrs

Anna-Lisa Walters

Germantown

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

815

N/G

Natalie Liniak

Gaithersburg

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

814

N/G

hali london

bethesda

md

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

813

N/G

Thomas Liniak

Gaithersburg

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

812

N/G

Janet Sluzenski

Bethesda

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

811

Ms.

Kathy Fuller

Wheeling

West Virginia

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

810

Ms.

Mary Anne Hardy

Derwood

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

809

Mr.

Irvin Shapell

Portland

Maine

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

808

Mr

James Turner

Olney

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

807

N/G

Sally Acharya

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

806

N/G

Anne Turner

Olney

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

805

N/G

Rebecca Razavi

Potomac

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

804

Rev.

Julia Jarvis

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

803

Mr.

Jack Balcom

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

802

Mr.

Patrick Curran

Germantown

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

801

Ms.

Bridgette Neil

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

800

Mrs

Carolyn Woodham

Germantown

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

799

N/G

Lori Lauver

Mechanicsburg

PA

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

798

Ms.

Tracey Poole

Germantown

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

797

Mrs.

Helen Park

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

796

Ms.

Rebecca Holtzman

Potomac

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

795

N/G

Elizabeth Berberian

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

794

N/G

Silvia France

Olney

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

793

N/G

Lori Gloster

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

792

Mrs

Mary Combs

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

791

MS

Lenore gladstone

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

790

Dr.

Mark Mortin

bethedsa

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

789

Mrs

Linda Havely

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

788

Mrs

Kathy Chelst

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

787

Mrs

Naznin Adams

Fort Washington

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

786

Mrs.

Dawn Hipsley

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

785

Mrs.

Jean Johnston

Germantown

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

784

Mrs.

Tamieka Thomasson

Rockville

Maryland

UK

View

Feb 13, 2007

783

Mrs.

Kathleen Majane

Gaithersburg

Md

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

782

N/G

Kate Wishart

Olney

MD,

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

781

N/G

Karen Blinder

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

780

N/G

Margaret Kolm

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

779

N/G

Elizabeth Binns

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

778

Mrs.

Gail Aquino

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

777

N/G

fRAN MARINACCIO

SILVER SPRING

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

776

Mrs.

Nancy Gray Paul

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

775

Mr.

Marc Pearce

Cabin John

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

774

Mrs

Cathryn Smith

Brookeville

md

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

773

Mrs.

Constance Hutchinson

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

772

Mrs

Jean Stokes

Creighton

NE

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

771

Ms.

Amy Hsu

Poolesville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

770

Mr

Bill Stokes

Creighton

NE

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

769

Dr.

Carol Miller

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

768

N/G

Amy Benedict

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

767

Mr

John Choat

Silver Spring

Md

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

766

Mrs..

Sameera Nawaz

Alexandria

VA, Fairfax

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

765

N/G

Jeannie Kohm

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

764

N/G

Christine Olinger

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

763

Ms.

Rebecca Leaf

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

762

Mr.

William Sudbrink

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

761

Ms

Alexa Talcik

New York

New York

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

760

N/G

Karen Griffin

Rockville

MD,

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

Montgomery

Montgomery

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

759

N/G

Lisa Felber

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

758

Mrs.

Jahanara Burki

Potomac

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

757

N/G

Emaad Burki

Gaithersburg

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

756

N/G

Deborah Selecman

Derwood

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

755

Mrs.

Wendie Guterl

Bethesda

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

754

N/G

Margaret Magill

Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

753

Mr.

Jonah Green

Olney

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

752

N/G

Elaine Potosky

North Potomac

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

751

mrs.

roya fardoust

rockville

md

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

750

N/G

mary Rubino

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

749

N/G

Michelle KLuska

Olney

MD

USA

View

Feb 13, 2007

748

N/G

carol Carter

Darnestown

md

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

747

Mrs

Darlene Combs

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

746

Mrs.

Gail Leeds

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

745

N/G

D. Dick-Rap

Wheaton

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

744

N/G

Frederika Granger

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

743

N/G

Lynn Forney

Germantown

MD

N/G

View

Feb 13, 2007

742

Ms.

Meredith Meads

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

741

Mr.

Thomas Meads

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

740

N/G

Cyndi Flake

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

739

N/G

Karin Leszczynski

Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

738

Mr

Billy Astrove

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 13, 2007

737

N/G

Jordan Andrew

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

736

Ms

Nicoline Beveridge

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

735

N/G

Kimberly Leaird

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

734

N/G

John Larowe

Phoenix

AZ

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

733

N/G

Staci Daddona

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

732

N/G

william lloyd

damascus

md

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

731

N/G

Mark Cohen

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

730

Mrs.

Jennifer Carriere

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

729

Mrs

Tonja Olson

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

728

N/G

Jennifer Palmiere

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

727

Ms.

Sheri Melvin

Laurel

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

726

N/G

Cynthia Lessig

Olney

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

725

Ms.

Suzanne Mintz

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

724

Mr

Eric Minkoff

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

723

Dr

Prasanti Guthikonda

Houston

TX

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

722

Mrs

Loraine Kitchelt

Olney

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

721

N/G

Penny Kahn

Rockville

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

720

N/G

Andrea Abrams

Rockville

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

719

Ms

Susan Huber

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

718

N/G

JO ELLEN BILANIN

BROOKEVILLE

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

717

Mr

Nauman Ansari

New York

NY

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

716

Ms

Margaret Doty

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

715

Ms.

Pamela Gogol

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

714

N/G

Diane Bandholz

Clarksburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

713

N/G

Susan Marx

Chevy Chase

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

712

N/G

Eric Marx

Chevy Chase

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

711

N/G

Lynn Lynch

Frederick

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

710

Mrs

Darlene Betancourt

Poolesville

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

709

Mr

Edgar Betancourt

Poolesville

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

708

Mr

Francisco Cosio-Marron

Potomac

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

707

Mrs.

Beatrice Corn Friedman

Bethesda,

Md.

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

706

N/G

Wendy dinova-Wimmer

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

705

N/G

Jonathan Jacobson

Potomac

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

704

ms

Deborah Sell

Bowie

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

703

N/G

Michael McCarthy

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

702

Ms.

Kim McDanald

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

701

N/G

Carolyn Walsh

Cabin John

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

700

N/G

Kimberly Sienkiewicz

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

699

Ms.

Ann Larowe

Rio Rancho

New Mexico

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

698

N/G

Cynthia Kammann

Linthicum Heights

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

697

N/G

Sue Katz Miller

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

696

Mrs.

Judi Murphy

Palm Desert

CA

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

695

Mrs

Ellie Abramowitz

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

694

Ms

Marilyn Primus

Germantown

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

693

Mrs.

Jill Rider

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

692

Ms

Stephanie Subramanian

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

691

N/G

Ross Cohen-Kristiansen

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

690

Mrs

Karen Hutchison

Germantown

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

689

CAPT

Joseph Kinder

Walkersville

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

688

N/G

eliza voigt

bethesda

maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

687

Ms.

Sally Erickson

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

686

N/G

Michael Twigg

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

685

N/G

Karen Barr

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

684

Dr.

veneeta acson

chevy chase

maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

683

mrs

pamela hicks

cowan

tenn

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

682

Mr

Don Hauprich

Burtonsville

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

681

Ms.

Sofia Michelle Ansari

Fort Worth

Texas

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

680

mrs.

Sharon Cantrell

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

679

Ms

Christine Schiponi

Kensington

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

678

Mrs.

Wanda Fay Schneider

Burtonsville

Md.

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

677

N/G

Jonathan Greenbaum

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

676

N/G

Cameron Razavi

Potomac

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

675

N/G

Amanda Lee

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

674

MS

Marni Passer

Brooklyn

NY

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

673

N/G

David Sokolower

bethesda

Md

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

672

Ms.

Laurie Thomas

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

671

N/G

C Romero

Kensington

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

670

N/G

Deborah Lindsley

takoma park

md

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

669

mrs

j granader

bethesda

md

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

668

Mrs.

Catharine Abid

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

667

Mrs.

Katie Larkin

Olney

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

666

Mrs

Kathleen Anderson

Fairbanks

Alaska

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

665

N/G

Janet Larowe

Durango

CO

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

664

Dr.

Richard Wolf

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

663

N/G

Julian Klazkin

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

662

N/G

klara post

Potomac

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

661

miss

lora jones

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

660

Dr.

Julie Boddy

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

659

Mr

Sam Smith

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

658

Mr

James Karn

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

657

Dr.

Deborah Hursh

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

656

N/G

katherine Clemo

Roanoke

VA

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

655

N/G

Mehreen Yousaf

New York

NY

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

654

N/G

Harry Appelman

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

653

ms

Caitlin Goldberg

Bethesda

md

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

652

Ms.

Ruth Ann Nicastri

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

651

Mr

Patrick Souder

Rockville

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

650

Mr

Larry Souder

Rockville

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

649

Mrs

Colleen Taylor

Rockville

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

648

Mr.

Shawn Eastman

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

647

Mrs

Josephine Taylor

Rockville

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

646

Mr

Jeffrey Seifried

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

645

ms

Stephanie Seifried

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

644

ms

Rebecca Seifried

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

643

mrs

Adele Seifried

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

642

Dr

Harold Seifried

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

641

Ms

Alice Taylor

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

640

Mr

mike Taylor

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

639

Mr

michael Taylor

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

638

Dr.

Judith Levin

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

637

miss

Megan Taylor

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

636

N/G

Joan Bass

Derwood

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

635

N/G

keith parsky

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

634

Mrs.

Susan Holcomb

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

633

Dr.

Jnan Bhattacharyya

Houma

LA

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

632

Mrs

Veronique Buenos

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

631

Ms

Ilene Miller

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

630

Ms.

Dolores McDonagh

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

629

N/G

beth eisman

potomac

maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

628

N/G

Stacy Rosen

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

627

Mrs.

Sheila Novak

Potomac

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

626

N/G

Mimi Kress

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

625

N/G

Gabriel Casaburi

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

624

N/G

Kelly Silver

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

623

Ms

Martha A. Jimenez

Wheaton

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

622

N/G

Karen Woeste

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

621

Dr

Lori Goldner

Boyds

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

620

Dr.

David Corn

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

619

Mrs.

Laurie Pfeifer

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

618

N/G

Carey Lane

Olney

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

617

Ms.

Martha Kaiser

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

616

Mrs.

Jennifer Phelps

Brunswick

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

615

Mr.

Christopher Rigaux

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

614

Rev.

Patricia Barth

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

613

Mrs.

Heather Jones

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

612

mrs

Laura Johnson

Germantown

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

611

Ms

Marie Dullea-Prentice

Washington

DC

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

610

N/G

Eliot Sternfeld

Bethesda

Md

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

609

N/G

Jessica Prentice

Richmond

CA

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

608

Ms.

Lisa Voith

Greenbelt

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

607

N/G

sheldon fishman

silver spring

md

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

606

mrs

josephine lamb

keymar

md

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

605

Ms.

Paige Saperstein

Whitehall Rd

NY

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

604

Ms

Pamela Edison

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

603

N/G

Andrew Johnson

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

602

Ms

Miriam Brandao

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

601

Ms

Amy Matathias

Brookeville

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

600

Mrs.

Pam Chen

Bethesda

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

599

Ms.

Gloria Hensel

Burtonsville

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

598

Mrs.

Irene Hensel

White Oak

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

597

Dr.

Lizbeth Moses

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

596

Mrs

Karin Selishev

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

595

Ms.

Alissa Malzman

Beverly Hills

CA

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

594

N/G

Karl Pfeifer

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

593

Mrs

Cindy Menditch

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

592

Mrs

Patricia Downey

Kensington

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

591

N/G

Paula Swink

Olney

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

590

Ms

Roseann Cutrone

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

589

Mrs.

Risa Sandler

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

588

N/G

Elizabeth Richardson

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

587

N/G

Christine Hill-Byrne

Rockville

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

586

Ms.

Mary Ann Dawedeit

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

585

Mrs.

Ann Anderson

North Potomac

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

584

N/G

Janet Brown

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

583

mr

bruce goodarzio

Bethesda

Md

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

582

N/G

Elizabeth (Betsey) Royston

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

581

Ms

Evelyn Rupert

Bethesda

Md

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

580

Mrs.

Deborah Lessne

Potomac

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

579

Ms

Michelle Weaver

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

578

N/G

erica horton

albany

ny

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

577

Ms

Uzma Burki

Potomac

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

576

Mrs.

Regina Hardiman

Kensington

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

575

N/G

Sandra Warran

Kensington

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

574

Mrs.

Halley Moses

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

573

N/G

Bob Dicello

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

572

Mr.

Matthew Leonardo

Albany

NY

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

571

Mr.

Richard Dodd

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

570

N/G

Leslie Dicken

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

569

N/G

Phil Dicken

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

568

N/G

Patty Fornatoro

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

567

N/G

Mike Fornatoro

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

566

Ms

Megan conroy

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

565

Dr.

Zaeem Ansari

Fayetteville

New York

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

564

Mrs.

Shahida Ansari

Fayetteville

New York

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

563

MS

ALEXA BOLANOS

SILVER SPRING

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

562

N/G

Chris Finney

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

561

MS

Carol Miaskoff

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

560

Mr.

Marc Johnston

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

559

N/G

Charles Johnson

New York

New York

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

558

N/G

Tiia Karlen

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

557

Mrs.

Pamela Rose

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

556

Mrs.

Laura Siegel

Potomac

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

555

mrs

shu yi wong

derwood

md

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

554

Ms

Carolyn Dodd

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

553

Mrs.

Colleen Hoyt

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

552

N/G

A Nawaz

Washington

DC

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

551

N/G

Joan Sabaka

Olney

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

550

N/G

Debbie Hills

Manlius

NY

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

549

Ms.

Semira Ansari

Albany

New York

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

548

Mr.

Imran Ansari

New York

New York

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

547

Ms.

Pamela Dunn

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

546

N/G

Constance Miller

Bethesda

md

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

545

Ms

Roseann Aust

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

544

N/G

Saira Burki

Gaithersburg

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

543

N/G

Douglas Moritz

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

542

N/G

Joy Rafey

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

541

N/G

Steven Haldane

Anchorage

Alaska

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

540

MR

PATRICK PRENTICE

WASHINGTON

DC

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

539

Mrs

Tressa Mack

SIlver Spring

Md

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

538

Dr.

Carol Muskin

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

537

Dr

William Pavan

Derwood

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

536

Mrs.

Audra Hough

Boyds

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

535

Ms.

Mary Jane Checchi

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

534

Ms

Lisa Smith

Potomac

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

533

Ms.

Victoria Pursell

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

532

Mr

Joseph Gerbasi

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

531

N/G

Carolyn Projansky

Cabin John

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

530

N/G

Aileen Pincus

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

529

Ms

Linda Warschoff

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

528

Dr.

Barry Davis

Derwood

Md

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

527

N/G

Kevin Conroy

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

526

N/G

Samantha Conroy

Montgomery Village

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

525

N/G

Susan Schulken

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

524

Ms.

Donna Rivelli

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

523

Mrs

Deborah Zimmer

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

522

Mr.

Ty Shinaberry

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

521

Mrs.

Kathryn Shinaberry

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

520

Mrs.

Jane Hartman

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

519

N/G

Lou Ann Craner

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

518

N/G

Vasilike Petersen

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

517

Dr.

Susan Hammond

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

516

Ms.

Pamela Hughes

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

515

N/G

Kelly Sokolower

bethesda

md

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

514

N/G

Pamela Trance

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

513

N/G

Michal Miskin-Amir

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

512

N/G

Brenda Hildenberger

Kensington

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

511

N/G

Alonzo Garcia

Potomac

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

510

N/G

Elisa Johnston

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

509

N/G

karen mark

Takoma Park

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

508

Mr.

Al T Cooper

Rockville

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

507

N/G

Bavelyn Vega

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

506

Mrs.

Josephine Allen

Bethesda

Md.

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

505

Dr.

Teresa Jones

Bethesda

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

504

Ms.

Brenda Aloi

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

503

N/G

Barbara Felling

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

502

Mrs.

Mary Gibala

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

501

N/G

David Abramowitz

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

500

Mrs

Janet Vetter

Derwood

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

499

Mrs.

Roberta Wolcott

Rockville

Montgomery

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

Co., MD 498

N/G

Patrcik Kearney

Chevy Chase

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

497

Mrs.

Frances Vlantis Solovieff

Gaithersburg

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

496

N/G

Phyllis Taylor

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

495

N/G

Stephen Metcalf

Wheaton

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

494

Ms.

Alex Brown

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

493

Ms

Norma Minkoff

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

492

Ms.

Helen Mollick

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

491

Mr.

Charles Mulchi

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

490

Dr.

Barbara Lovitts

Kensington

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

489

Mr.

Clayton Hulbert

Chevy Chase

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

488

Ms.

Jocelyn Hulbert

Chevy Chase

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

487

Mrs

Catherine Zaranis

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

486

Ms.

Linda Williams

Brookeville

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

485

N/G

Robert Jones

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

484

mrs

beth cooper

bethesda

maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

483

Dr.

Martha Allen

Washington

DC

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

482

Mr.

Gary Morin

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

481

N/G

Dee Clarkin

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

480

Dr.

Adam Bell

Germantown

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

479

Mrs.

Annette Bell

Germantown

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

478

N/G

Anne Gagne

Kensington

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

477

Mrs

R Jabara

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

476

Mrs.

Peggy Cline

Rockmart

GA

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

475

N/G

Janice Edwing

Darnestown

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

474

Mrs.

Sandra JOhnson

Burtonsville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

473

Ms.

Judy Rodenstein

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

472

N/G

Nicholas Batselos

Rockville

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

471

Ms.

Sandra Pearlman

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

470

Mrs

Lisa Mix

Olney

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

469

Mrs

Laura DeShano

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

468

N/G

Nicole Durel

Washington

DC

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

467

N/G

Deborah Turton

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

466

N/G

Lynn Cave

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

465

ms

judith zimmer

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

464

Mrs.

Patricia Anderson

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

463

N/G

Joanne Magoulas

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

462

N/G

Paula Magoulas

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

461

Ms

Melody Magnus

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

460

N/G

Kathryn Hopps

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

459

N/G

Robyn Posner Solomon

Potomac

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

458

N/G

Jane Rosenquist

Chevy Chase

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

457

N/G

Karen Dunlap

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

456

Ms.

Patricia Culpepper

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

455

Ms

Annelise Hafer

Bethesda

md

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

454

Mr

Thomas Kress

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

453

N/G

Susan Writer

Rockville

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

452

Ms.

Marla Rudnick

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

451

N/G

Jessa Steinbeck

Montgomery Village

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

450

N/G

Elise Miller-Hooks

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

449

N/G

Dustin Snowadzky

Montgomery Village

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

448

N/G

Marcie Roth

Montgomery Village

MD

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

447

Mrs.

Mary Morgan

Germantoiwn

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

446

N/G

Nancy Manning

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

445

MRS.

Kalliope Mulchi

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

444

N/G

Judith Becker

North Potomac

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

443

Mr

Mansukh Sakhawala

Vienna

Virginia

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

442

N/G

Cynthia Griffin

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

441

MRS

JENINE HERRON

BURTONSVILLE

MARYLAND

USA

View

Feb 12, 2007

440

Mrs

Eva Scheer

Bethesda

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

439

Dr.

Mark Scheer

Bethesda

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

438

N/G

R. Analise Setorie

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

View

Feb 12, 2007

437

N/G

Corbin Haldane

Anchorage

Alaska

USA

N/G

Feb 12, 2007

436

Dr

Charles Jennings

Great Falls

Montana

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

435

N/G

jodie tupuola

anchorage

alaska

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

434

N/G

Marti McCoy

Melbourne

FL

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

433

N/G

Cyndi Greene

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

432

N/G

Allyson Zevin

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

431

N/G

Marci Ruderman

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

430

N/G

Florence Fultz

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

429

Mrs

Gabrielle Herderschee-Hunter

Cabin John

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

428

Ms

Angela Messer-Cohen

North Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

427

Ms.

Anonymous Anonomous

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

426

Mrs

Barbara Howard

Gaithersburg

MD,

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

Montgomery 425

N/G

Nancy Van Meter

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

424

N/G

Carol Dotson

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

423

N/G

Bill Dotson

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

422

N/G

Angela Nacchio

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

421

N/G

Louis Nacchio

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

420

N/G

Mary Platt

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

419

N/G

Joe Platt

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

418

N/G

Pat Sorge

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

417

N/G

Beth Sorge

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

416

N/G

Jeff Westley

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

415

N/G

Richard Cowperthwaite

Litchfield Park

AZ

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

414

N/G

Patty Cowperthwaite

Litchfield Park

AZ

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

413

N/G

Faith Lukowski

Muskego

WI

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

412

N/G

Ross Lukowski

Muskego

WI

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

411

N/G

Michael Bonner

St. Michael

MN

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

410

N/G

Mark Sweeney

Chicago

IL

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

409

N/G

Lori Sweeney

Chicago

IL

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

408

N/G

Stacey Fisher

Milwaukee

WI

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

407

N/G

Matt Fisher

Milwaukee

WI

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

406

N/G

David Martin

Branchville

NJ

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

405

N/G

Jessie Martin

Branchville

NJ

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

404

N/G

Scott Gilkeson

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

403

N/G

Sarah Armstrong

Bremerton

WA

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

402

N/G

Sue Davies

Waitsfield

VT

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

401

N/G

Wayne Davies

Waitsfield

VT

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

400

N/G

M Schechter

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

399

N/G

Jeff Huse

Centreville

VA

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

398

N/G

Stacey Huse

Centreville

VA

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

397

N/G

Eric Kravchick

Fairfax

VA

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

396

N/G

Lori Kravchick

Fairfax

VA

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

395

N/G

Grace Armstrong

Excelsior

MN

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

394

N/G

Dan Noble

Catonsville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

393

N/G

Tony Roy

St. Michael

55376

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

392

N/G

Kara Roy

St. Michael

55376

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

391

Ms.

Ann Ireland

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

390

N/G

Adam Steffey

Bloomington

MN

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

389

N/G

Evelyn Armstrong

Wayzata

MN

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

388

N/G

Glen Broich

Mound

MN

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

387

N/G

Cara Broich

Mound

MN

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

386

N/G

Helen Leahy

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

385

N/G

Tim Leahy

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

384

N/G

Tanya Westley

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

383

N/G

Kim Hartung

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

382

N/G

Charles Hartung

Gaitherburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

381

N/G

Julie Stewart

Gaitherburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

380

N/G

Jim Stewart

Gaitherburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

379

N/G

Grace Kaplan

Gaitherburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

378

N/G

Paul Kaplan

Gaitherburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

377

N/G

Robert Strzelecki

East Troy

WI

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

376

N/G

Barbara Strzelecki

East Troy

WI

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

375

N/G

Evan Steffey

Chaska

MN

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

374

N/G

Brian Wagner

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

373

N/G

Andrew Wagner

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

372

N/G

Dorothy Noble

Catonsville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

371

Mr.

James Lynch

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

370

Dr

Karabi Acharya

Chevy Chase

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

369

N/G

Tom Skallerup

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

368

N/G

Tanja Hubacker

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

367

Ms

Wendy Brown

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

366

N/G

Raffael Stein

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

365

Mrs.

Trammell Maury

Kensington

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

364

N/G

Sara Mussie

Takoma Park

MD

Ethiopia

View

Feb 11, 2007

363

N/G

S Smith

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

362

N/G

Susan Stein

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

361

N/G

Jeffrey Kupfer

Chevy Chase

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

360

N/G

Shelly Kupfer

Chevy Chase

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

359

N/G

Maryanne Hussar

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

358

Ms

Roberta Campbell

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

357

Ms.

Felicia Widmann

Takoma Park

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

356

Ms.

Nancy Richman

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

355

Ms

Deborah Gay

Takoma Park Md

Md

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

354

Ms.

Jean Sommerville

Rockville

MD

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

353

N/G

Marc Sheinberg

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

352

Mr

Michael Cooper

Rockville

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

351

Mrs

Madhulika Jinsi

Potomac

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

350

N/G

Robin Feldman

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

349

N/G

Marcy Trost

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

348

N/G

Linda Tabach

Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

347

N/G

Susan Atkinson

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

346

Ms.

Susan Camaione

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

345

Ms

Mary Coe

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

344

Mr

Stephan Greene

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

343

N/G

Susan Moschella

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

342

Dr

Karen Friedman

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

341

Mrs

Elisabeth Van Wersch

Kensington

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

340

N/G

Lisa Gabriel

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

339

Ms.

Katie Leiendecker

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

338

N/G

Denise Costa

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

337

Mrs.

Janet Maalouf

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

336

MRS

Donna Delzer

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

335

N/G

Karen Smith

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

334

Ms

Barbara Selbst

Germantown

Md

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

333

Mrs.

Barbara Moran

Brookeville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

332

ms

Susan Mapes

Rockville

Md.

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

331

N/G

Judith Lantz

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

330

N/G

Cristina Richards

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

329

N/G

Heather Sokolower

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

328

N/G

Laura Foradori

Takoma Park

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

327

N/G

Suzanne Morgan

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

326

Mrs.

Judith Bass

Olney

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

325

N/G

suzan berger

burtonsville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

324

Mrs.

Roberta Buckberg

Olney

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

323

N/G

Judith Kassis

Kensington

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

322

Mr.

Daniel Katz

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

321

Ms

Valerie Dulk-Jacobs

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

320

N/G

debby goldberg

silver spring

md

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

319

mr

Nancy Lee

gaithersburg

md

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

318

Ms

Christina Jones

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

317

Mrs.

Tami Mensh

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

316

N/G

Ronald Trower

Gaithersburg

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

315

mr.&mrs.

Richard and Danielle

North Potomac

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

Bell-Irving 314

Ms.

Elizabeth Forbes

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

313

Mr.

Larry Schwartzman

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

312

N/G

jJennifer Slater

Gaithersburg

Md.

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

311

N/G

Ann Humphrey

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

20816 310

Mrs.

Susan Rogers

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

309

N/G

Karen King

Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

308

N/G

Karen King

Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

307

N/G

Tim Burch

Potomac

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

306

N/G

Rick Steffey

Germantown

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

305

N/G

Ann Coletti

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

304

N/G

Kim Jones

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

303

N/G

Kristin Staroba

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

302

Mrs.

Lyda Astrove

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

301

Mrs

Julia McCann

Potomac

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

300

N/G

Beth Isen

Bethesda

Md.

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

299

Mrs.

Melinda Scott

Silver Spring

md

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

298

N/G

Pamela Matson

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

297

N/G

Lisa Middleton

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

296

N/G

Cindy Stauffer

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

295

N/G

Mary Nathalie Peter

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

294

N/G

Christopher Madison

Takoma Park

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

293

N/G

Sara Trower

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

292

Mr.

Brendan Watts

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

291

Mr.

Edward Watts

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

290

N/G

Kim Drissel Mrs.

gaithersburg

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

289

N/G

Kim Drissel Mrs.

gaithersburg

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

288

N/G

Charles & Esther DeVries

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

287

Ms.

Kathleen Robens

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

286

Mr. and Mrs.

Douglas McGuffey

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

285

Ms.

Marcia Simon

Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

284

Mrs

Loretta Gainor

Potomac

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

283

N/G

Richard Taliaferro

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

282

N/G

Laurinda Taliaferro

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

281

N/G

Karen FitzGerald

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

280

N/G

Ann Connelly

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

279

Ms.

Catherine Kusmin

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

278

Ms.

Lora Griff, LCSW-C

Silve Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

277

N/G

Avi Pesach

Olney

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

276

N/G

Helaine Bernstein

Clarksburg

MD

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

275

Mrs

Madelyn Badger

rockville

mD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

274

N/G

Mark Corrales

Takoma Park

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

273

N/G

Jennifer Ash-Maher

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

272

Mrs

Carol Conlon

silver spring

md

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

271

Mrs.

Linda Borenstein

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

270

Ms

Anne Randall

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

269

N/G

Amy Holman

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

268

N/G

Andrea Andrea

Gaighthersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

267

N/G

Cristine Millstein

silver spring

MD.

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

266

N/G

Johanna Rall

Kensington

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

265

Ms

Susan Healy

Chevy Chase

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

264

N/G

Kathleen Bryan

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

263

N/G

Richard Camer

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

262

Mrs.

Marlene Newman

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

261

Mrs.

Lisa Reilly

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

260

Dr.

Charlotte Word

Laytonsville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

259

N/G

Monica Freedman

derwood

mD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

258

mrs.

mary bedal

silver spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

257

N/G

Sandy Forsythe

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

256

N/G

Debra Panitz

Olney

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

255

Dr

Anna Gilcher

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

254

Dr.

Judy Dey

Takoma Park

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

253

N/G

Ralph Brentwood

North Potomac

MD

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

252

N/G

Reda Sheinberg

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

251

N/G

Kristie Rupper

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

250

Mrs

veronica vargish

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

249

N/G

Nancy Raybourne

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

248

N/G

Ellen Weiss

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

247

Mrs.

Sheri Verdonk

Silver Spring

Md

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

246

N/G

Marty Milam

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

245

Ms

Cindy Roeder

Reston

VA

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

244

Mr.

Joseph Malouf

Gaithersburg

MD,

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

Montgomery County 243

Dr.

John Wallmark

Gaithersburg

MD, Montgomery County

242

N/G

Adena Dacy

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

241

Dr.

Margaret Warner

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

View

Feb 11, 2007

240

Ms.

Mary Ellen Barringer

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

239

N/G

Marla Schrader

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 11, 2007

238

Ms.

Joan Taylor

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 11, 2007

237

Dr.

Lisa Beaudet

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

236

Mrs.

Gerry Jennings

Great Falls

Montana

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

235

Dr.

Robin Allen

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

234

Ms

Selene Robinson

Rockville

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

233

Mrs

Teacher MCPS

Burtonsville

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

232

N/G

Judith Arbacher

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

231

Mrs.

Kim Hutchins

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

230

N/G

Christopher Khan

Olney

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

229

N/G

Jeri Boliek

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

228

N/G

Rebecca Iwamoto

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

227

N/G

Marcelle Fozard

Takoma Park

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

226

Mr

Scott Mackenzie

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

225

N/G

Julie Romano

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

224

Dr

Guinnevere Roberts

Takoma Park

MD,

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

Montgomery 223

Dr

Timothy Male

Takoma Park

MD, Montgomery

222

Mrs

Mary Etherton

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

221

N/G

Carol Gilbert

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

220

Ms.

Christina Biamonte

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

219

N/G

Allison Leaver

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

218

Ms.

Diane Donaldson

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

217

N/G

Debbie Spielberg

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

216

Dr.

Marjorie Perloff

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

215

N/G

Rich Weinfeld

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

214

Ms.

Mary Long

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

213

N/G

Ellen Jennings

Takoma Park

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

212

Ms

Deborah Kerr

Rockville

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

211

mrs

shannon antekeier

gaithersburg

maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

210

Ms.

Laura Chasen

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

209

N/G

Bradley Stokes

Montgomery Village

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

208

N/G

Diane Robrecht

Germantown

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

207

Ms.

Renata Emery

Olney

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

206

N/G

Sherry Bonner

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

205

Mrs.

Denise Bacon

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

204

N/G

Lilyan Heupel

Silver Spring

Md

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

203

N/G

Jerry Heupel

Silver Spring

Md

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

202

N/G

Susan O'Hara

north bethesda

md

N/G

View

Feb 10, 2007

201

Dr.

Carolyn Rabe

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

200

Ms.

Suzanne Brooks

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

199

Mr.

Lawrence Wright

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

198

N/G

Melitta Carter

Bethesda

md

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

197

Mrs

Selma Sokolower

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

196

N/G

Holly Jackson

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

195

N/G

Marilyn Gaut

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

194

N/G

Harold Gaut

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

193

Dr.

Margaret Keck

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

192

Mrs.

Jean Robbins

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

191

Mr,

Felix Ogunleye

Burtonsville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

190

Ms.

Tracy Wahler

Derwood

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

189

Ms

Eleanor Keller

Kensington

MD

N/G

View

Feb 10, 2007

188

Ms.

Lisa Vogan

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

187

Mrs.

Nancy Duber

Bethesda

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

186

N/G

Shirley Myers

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

185

Mr.

Carl Meads

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

184

N/G

Marie McNamara

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

183

Mr

John Mehmed

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

182

N/G

Donna Hunter

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

181

N/G

Dorothy Sellers

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

180

Dr.

Joseph E. Rall

Kensington

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

179

Mr

Edward C. Rall

Kensington

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

178

Ms

Kathleen Musaro

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

View

Feb 10, 2007

177

Mr

Frank Taylor

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

176

Ms.

Ann Lee

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

175

N/G

Rhonda Ricci

Rockville

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

174

Mrs.

Suzanne Malouf

North Potomac

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

173

Dr.

Charles Ginsburg

Gaithersburg

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

172

N/G

Kristin Swick

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

171

Mr

Isaac Spetgang

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

170

Mrs.

Sandra Spetgang

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

169

Ms.

Rhonda Klein

Brookeville

Md

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

168

Mr.

William Gaut

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

167

N/G

Angela Meyers

Potomac

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

166

Mrs

Karen Beveridge

Kensington

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

165

Ms.

Madeline Katz

Bethesda

MD

N/G

View

Feb 10, 2007

164

ms

deborah carpel

bethesda

maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

163

N/G

John King

Derwood

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

162

N/G

Betty Smith

Derwood

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

161

Ms

Deborah Stein

Bethesdsa

MD

N/G

View

Feb 10, 2007

160

Mr

Noah Blumberg

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

159

Ms

Paula Norwood

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

158

Dr.

Robin Gaster

Silver Spring

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

157

Ms.

Helene Taira

Potomac

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

156

N/G

Debbie Ionno

Garrett Park

MD

N/G

View

Feb 10, 2007

155

N/G

John Hoven

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

154

Mrs

Barbara Wolf

Silver Spring

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

153

Mr

GORDON MELTZER

OLNEY

MD

USA

View

Feb 10, 2007

152

Mrs.

Mary Vogel

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 10, 2007

151

Mr.

Arthur M. Anderson

Olney

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

150

Mr.

Barry Edelberg

Silver Spring

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

149

N/G

Patricia Vacca

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

148

N/G

Robin Hammer

Chevy Chase

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

147

N/G

Agnes Jones-Trower

Laytonsville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

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Title

Name

Town/City

S/C/P

Region

Comment

Date

146

Mrs

Carolyn Gorsky

Potomac

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 09, 2007

145

N/G

deirdre weiss

North Potomac

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

144

Mr.

Eric Keller

Gaithersburg

Md

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

143

N/G

Karen Meltzer

Olney

Maryland

N/G

View

Feb 09, 2007

142

N/G

James Larson

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

141

Dr.

Virginia Bouvier

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

140

N/G

Robert Hazan

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

139

N/G

Jill Hazan

Bethesda

MD

USA

View

Feb 09, 2007

138

Dr.

Alan Isaac

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

137

Mr & Mrs

John Niedermair

Silver Spring

Maryland,

USA

View

Feb 09, 2007

Montgomery Coun 136

Mrs.

Dale Sorcher

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

135

Dr.

Kathleen Ryan

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

134

N/G

Tanya Riseman

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

133

N/G

Claire Filemyr

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

132

N/G

Michael Khan

Olney

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

131

N/G

Rosanne Hurwitz

Rockville

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

130

Ms.

Laura Boyer

Silver Spring

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

129

Ms.

Kathleen Gilhooly

Bethesda

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

128

Mr

James Link

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

127

Ms.

Leslie Brents

Silver Spring

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

126

Mrs.

Leslie Humes

Washington

DC

N/G

View

Feb 09, 2007

125

Mrs

Chihiro Hodges

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

124

N/G

Kim McWhorter

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

123

Mrs.

Rose Starin

Kensington

Maryland

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

122

N/G

Eileen Hillmuth

Woodbine

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

121

Mr.

Randy Ryan

Gaithersburg

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

120

Mrs.

Kristin Link

Bethesda

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

119

Mrs. and Mr.

Jenifer and Jeffrey Bochner

Potomac

Maryland

USA

View

Feb 09, 2007

118

Ms.

Karen Levi-Shandler

Chevy Chase

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

117

N/G

Shari Ploshnick

Gaithersburg

Maryland

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

116

N/G

Megan Bowles

Bethesda

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

115

Mrs.

Tracy Lewter

Rockville

MD

USA

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

114

N/G

Melanie Manfield

Chevy Chase

MD

N/G

N/G

Feb 09, 2007

113

ms

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Appendix: All signatures comments 980 evhbgxcnz rjbindl evhbgxcnz rjbindl

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xjethzqd hqmyteun imnqplvou vbdxcmkq odjru kcrn wplsogz 979 Rob and Shelley Gorrell

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Please keep this program intact. We believe that the learning center is an important part of the education system. Do not end this program. 978 Julie Hudson

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I have known Johanna Rall for 13 years (her whole life!) & watched her evolve from a shy, struggling child with cererbral palsy into a confident, intelligent, I-can-do-anything young woman, thanks to her education with the wonderful Secondary Learning Centers. Please reverse your decision to discontinue this life changing program. I think that you will agree that children are our future, even those who need a bit more attention to reach their full potential. Jo will not let you down! 973 William and Sandra Klopp

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As family friends who have known Jo since infancy, we strongly oppose this proposed move by her school district. We are a family of teachers and fully understand budgetary concerns, and this smacks of path of least resistance. Be creative. Do the right thing. Take care of the kids in your system with special needs. 971 jane blumberg

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I have known Joanna Rall since she was born. The closure of the Secondary Learning Centers would represent an enormous setback to Jo and to her family. It is vital to her welfare that this provision be maintained. 970 John Conklin

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In 35 years of teaching I certainly never had the skills necesary to be of any use as a teacher to students more than minimally in need of specialized education and I doubt that very many other regular teachers do. Co-teaching cannot replace in any way, shape or form a dedicated special needs educational program. And I cannot imagine anyone making the decision to eliminate such a program without involving the persons most intimately involved. I've known Jo Rall for at least 5 years. 968 Jones Smith

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Please keep these programs open for some its their only hope. DO THE RIGHT THING!!! 966 Priscilla Rall

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I am a retired public middle school art teacher and I can tell you that total immersion does not work. I have seen too many 6th gr Special Ed students go from happy, well adjusted students to withdrawn kids by 8th gr. They actually regress in their learning abilities. Why don't you go out to the "specials" teachers and ask...we teach all kids and many of us for over 3 years, so we can see the effects of educational programs. I grew up in Montgomery Co. and am ashamed at their proposed changes 963 George Blumberg

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I have been lucky enough to see the results of successful inclusive educational policy in higher education. Diversity is

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essential for future development and one way to achieve this is to continue to support in the fullest way possible the needs of special students. 961 Laurel Lewis M.A., A.A.M.F.T.

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I have personally witnessed the benefits of the learning center on families in the Montgomery County Public Schools. Learning centers have advanced a sense of community for these kids. They learn more in this focused environment and parents are united in the process. Before using arbitrary decision-making to change paths, careful evaluation is warranted. Parents know when their children are doing well and can better estimate what inputs are helping. 960 Jean Robbins

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I recommend that parents and teachers should be included in meetings regarding the continuation of special-ed for children with disabilities in Montgomery County. 959 Richard Koeniger

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As a retired public school administrator and teacher, I recognize and appreciate all efforts made with efficacy in funding programs. However, you are well advised to NEVER compromise with funding decissions those rapports cultivated with your tax base citizens. Short sided, clandestine efforts on your side WILL cost you dearly in the long term! Remember,......it's "NO CHILD left behind". 956 Mark Robbins

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I know a girl this is very important to that has cerebral palsy.She will be very negatively affected if Secondary Learning Centers are closed due to budget cuts. PLEASE KEEP THE SECONDARY LEARNING CENTERS IN THE BUDGET! 949 melissa sabaka

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I oppose to the closing of the secondary Learning Centers. 946 Melissa A. Williamson

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The parents of children who need or will need these centers should have had some imput on this rash decision. The schools are for the benefit of the children and the community. They should not be "managed" without the knowledge of the parents whose children go to them to, supposedly, get as good an education and basis for future learning as possible. 943 Stacey Abbott

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We need to be given a voice in this process! If it is in the best interest to do away with this service, please let us have some say in how and when they are cut and also give us something to replace it with. Montgomery County has done well by my special needs son and I'm very proud of living here because of that. Please don't shut us out of the system now. 940 Sue Schwartz

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Children are in special education for a reason. I do not deny that some have been inappropriately placed but in that case I would look at the referral process and see where the errors are occuring. I would not throw the baby out with the bath and eliminate learning centers for those that need them 939 Kristi Boucher-Welter

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You are taking"INDIVIUAL"OUT of a CHILD'S IEP process! Don't you(so-call EDUCATED exuectives)HAVE A CONSCIENCE??The choices that you make should be CONSIDERED--child ABUSE. All YOU CARE ABOUT is your budget! Don't you DARE ask-why are children dropping out of school giving up-it is BECAUSE-YOU ALL HAVE stripped these children of ANY HOPE-Congress indicates that we need to keep our School Offical ACCOUNTABLE--but NO ONE can work with ARRIGANT people that do NOT listen to the HEART of a CHILD! 934 Frank Taylor

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father of a LC child 932 Bianca Delaglio

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:( MCPS aint all its cracked up to be... 931 Dinah Wiley

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My disabled grandson lives and attends a public school learning center in Montgomery County. He is 10 years old and approaching secondary school age. The learning centers are imperative for his education; he would not be academically competitive in a mainstream classroom and his self esteem would suffer as a result. Please don't abandon special learners like this dear boy -- he deserves the chance to learn and grow. 928 Karen Craft

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Cases of autism and ADHD are growing daily. This is not the time to cut services. As a former special ed paraeducator, I know firsthand that without a clear and specific plan for how these kids WILL be educated, the centers must remain open. 927 alex kiener

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i hate Superintendent Jerry Weast's sorr but ur stupid and gay 923 Pinny Roth

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I have worked in a Secondar School as a Social Work intern and it has visibly done wonders for special needs students. I think it will be a terrible mistake for these childrens' future. 919 Stephen Rose

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The Montgomery County Learning Centers provide a valuable service to the children and parents of the community. In fact, these specialized learning centers are a mainstay of helping children in need of extra attention to achieve "on grade" performance and help the students and County meet the Federally mandated goals of "No Chld Left Behind." In my opinion, the abolishment of these Learning Centers could only result in more students not achieving the required standards. 911 Catharine Niblack

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Please keep the learning centers open! 909 Alexandra Praeger-Krishan

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I am the mother of a 1st Grader in the MCPS school system who is gifted, learning disabled and on the autism spectrum. Kids like this often cannot be successfully mainstreamed. They need a safe harbor within the school system where they can achieve academically, be sucessfull socially, keep their self-esteem intact and be free of ridicule. The

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Learning Centers and the LDGT programs are critical and not frivilous. Please keep them! 889 Treena Stup Treena1088

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This petition contradicts the No Child Left Behind law. It is unexceptable to not have the teachers and parents involved in thsi matter. There are too many children to benefit from these programs(some of which are mine). It can make or break a child's future and our society needs children who will grow up with seeds of a fruitful education. Why cut these programs instead of another less needed one? It is my sincere belief that these programs are vitaly important to ensure the success of our kids 888 Jessica Personette

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I was a learning center student for 4 years in HS and feel that the centers should stay open. It helped me to get a high school diploma. If I was not in the learning center I probably would not have gotten one. The learning center is great because students who learn slower or differently need to be taught by special ed teachers who have special training. I needed a little extra help to suceed and I got it at the learning center. So keep the centers open to help other kids like me. 887 linda Jacobs

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Both federal law and children's educational needs require that a full continuum of placement options be available to children sith disabilities. Closing the centers denies these opportunities. 882 Richard Coffman

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Now that Mr. Weast has been extended yet again, he and the Board should finally do something for the very significant number of families in the County whose children benefit greatly from these centers. This is not too much to ask from one of the highest taxed counties in the country and one of the most lavishly funded and heavily staffed school systems. The Board's generosity ought to be extended to those who really need it. 880 Sarah Wright

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As a professional life coach specilaizing in ADHD, I know not everyone's brain works the same way. If a person is taught in the way that their brain works, the benefits last a life time. If they are not, that lasts a life time too. I see this every day in my adult clients. Children need to be taught they way they learn best, not shoe-horned into one mold. Please keep the Learning Centers. You will be doing the kids, their families, and society a great service that will last a lifetime. 877 Alida Anderson

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Placement change for students with diverse needs from special centers is predicated on a notion MCPS schools can immediately practice effective inclusion. This requires components which have been non-existent in neighborhood schools; thus special centers provide critical differentiated instruction for students to receive a free appropriate public education with same-age peers. Disbanding centers puts students' rights in jeopardy as MCPS incrementally moves toward an effective inclusive model. 875 Sari Hornstein

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There are a variety of ways in which one can INCLUDE others. Each child deserves the opportunity to learn in an environment best suited to its particular needs. Mainntaining a spectrum of models that incorporate inclusion, and eliminating the learning centers is a great disservice to those who develop best in such settings. Include students in activities alongside the learning centers - to benefit both the kids and their communities.

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871 Gretchen Randolph

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Ther are 40 LAD positions that have not been filled at present. You are talking about hiring even more people and having the mainstream teachers trained by August. The county is making promises that it can't keep. They are making changes that will break the backs and the future of our children. Like doctors they are supossed to do no harm. 863 Victoria Johnston

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If you cared about our children's future, this change would not be done. The need to educate special needs children to become fully functional members of society vastly overweighs the minor cost advantage gained by reducing the number of special needs teachers. 859 Susan Olson

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I have known many students who benefitted from the assistance they received in secondary school learning centers in Montgomery County Public Schools. That assistance enabled them to take regular classes in many subjects and succeed. As a former English Composition Assistant, I also worked with students who were "included," but often failed because they could not obtain the help that smaller classes afford students. Keep the learning centers. 855 Kristina Marshall

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As a private tutor, I often think of the students whose parents can't afford to hire outside help for their child. If Secondary Learning Centers are discontinued, the county will have taken another step towards separating the "haves" and the "have nots." The already disadvantaged should not be put at further disadvantage. As a life time resident, I hope the county will do the right thing and not only continue, but also improve the Secondary Learning Centers. 850 Kim Irish

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The "home" school Special Education system in place in MCPS is already overburdened and understaffed. Before closing the Learning Centers, Dr. Weast needs to demonstrate that Learning Center students are less succesful than those receiving special ed services in their home schools. Is his proposal, in fact, based on economic considerations? Or does having all SPED students in their home schools look better on Dr. Weast's resume? 849 J Seaman

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My nephew will be affected by the closures. Please keep the secondary learning centers open!! Listen to the parents of special needs children in Montgomery County! One size does NOT fit all when it comes to special education. 848 W Paulikas

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My grandson will be affected by the closures. Please keep the secondary learning centers open!! Listen to the parents of special needs children in Montgomery County! One size does NOT fit all when it comes to special education. 847 J Paulikas

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My grandson will be affected by the closures. Please keep the secondary learning centers open!! Listen to the parents of special needs children in Montgomery County! One size does NOT fit all when it comes to special education. 846 Nicole Paulikas Daw

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My son will be affected by the closures. Please keep the secondary learning centers open!! Listen to the parents of special needs children in Montgomery County! One size does NOT fit all when it comes to special education. 845 Matthew Daw

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My son will be affected by the closures. Please keep the secondary learning centers open!! Listen to the parents of special needs children in Montgomery County! One size does NOT fit all when it comes to special education. 844 Matthew Daw

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My son will be affected by the closures. Please keep the secondary learning centers open!! Listen to the parents of special needs children in Montgomery County! One size does NOT fit all when it comes to special education. 843 Gertrude Hopkins

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I have watched my learning-disabled grandson flourish when he can work in small-group classes whereas he simply gets lost and fades away in a traditional structured classroom setting. Please don't let kids like him get left behind. 841 Richard Gross

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i AM A CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIAST. I am a former Chairman of The Mental Health Advisory Committee to The Montgomery County Board of Education. I am a past Director of Mental Health for Montgomery Co. I vehemently oppose the closing of the Learning Centers. It would be a disaster for the emotionally disabled youngsters of Montgomery County. 839 Mindy Silverstein

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Do NOt close these centers. They serve an increidble need for our students. 838 Carol W Gross

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For the students who need the services provided in the :earning Centers the centers have been highly successful for many years. When needs have been met for students , they have been able to attend post high school programs such as college, technical schools, and/or job training facilities which will lead to independent citizens in the future. Students placed back in regular programs when they need the learning centers will not be nearly as successful. Do not close the centers 837 Deborah DiGilio

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If it were not for these secondary based learning centers my daughter would never have had the support she needed to receive a high school diploma and move on with her life! 836 Mary Tucker Grady

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Not one child's educational plan should be interrupted or changed until there is a fully-resourced alternative that meets or exceeds the effectiveness of the learning centers. This is a very short-sighted approach. Teachers will be set up to fail 830 Maureen Larson

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Children with learning disabilities have attention deficits and wildly different learning styles. They need support to earn a

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high school diploma. For many that is only possible in a small classroom where they can learn without distraction at their own pace. A large classroom setting is simply not appropriate for every LD child. We need the choice. If MCPS won't offer LC's for those who need them then they should pay for private placement. An education is a terrible thing to waste. 827 Jody Krieger

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These kids need this. Help those who need help the most. If the parents are fighting for these learning centers to stay open then don't you need to give credence to that? 824 Rebecca Smondrowski

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Taking learning centers away benefits no one! 823 Anne Strober

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Making a unilateral decision to close a viable and necessary resource such as the Secondary Learning Centers without involvement from parents is just plain reprehensible! And it violates Federal Law! There are hundreds of children who will simply "slip through the cracks". Is that what they wants???We desperately need a new, compassionate and caring Superintendent of Schools. The sooner the better. 817 Frederick Liniak

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I am 80 years old and my grandson needs and is fluorishing in his learning center program. I want you to face him, me and his parents before taking any actions that will harm him. I guarantee you that you will change your mind as you would have if you followed proper procedure in the first place. 813 Thomas Liniak

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Total inclusion is a fine goal but in reality it is by no means the best or let alone a practical alternative to enable all to achieve their potential. Please do not make the plight of special needs children who need the learning centers to achieve even more difficult. Mr Weast's decision is arbitrary, improper, illegal and lacks good common sense. Listen to the parents-that is your job and duty. Bureaucratic convenience in spreading "unwanted" test scores among more schools is not acceptable. 812 Janet Sluzenski

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PLEASE keep these centers open!! They are the only hope for some students!! 810 Mary Anne Hardy

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My child has been tested at GTLD just before the beginning of 5th grade and has an IEP. We opted to keep him at his home school this year, but very seriously considered sending him to a GTLD program. We hope to continue to have that option if he does not make enough progress in the next year or so. Please keep the learning centers open for children like my son! It is very important to have these kind of options available!! 807 Sally Acharya

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One of the reasons we moved to Montgomery County is the reputation of its schools, which includes a reputation as a national leader in GTLD education. This "reallignment" would cast into doubt the county's commitment to leadership, and turn it into one more place driven by an artificial numbers game rather than human needs. I don't have a child in a center, but it's absurd to imagine that any child would benefit from LESS individual attention, which is what this amounts

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to. 806 Anne Turner

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I am appalled at the secrecy of a public school system and that public school system employees and publically elected members of the Board of Education would proceed in direct violation of Board policies requiring public participation. 805 Rebecca Razavi

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My son, who has also signed this petition, has been shuffled between regular classrooms, inclusion classrooms, and learning centers since the 3rd grade. The ONLY place he has had any academic success has been in the Learning Centers at Tilden M.S. and Walter Johnson H.S. I fear for children coming behind him who do not have the opportunity to be taught in a comprehensive special education program. PLEASE don't close down the Learning Centers! 803 Jack Balcom

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As a former special education student within the county, I find the possibility of the loss of resource centers a frightening prospect indeed. The manner of this proposal's enactment only exacerbates the situation. Montgomery County's children - troubled, gifted, both or neither - deserve better treatment than to have their needs ignored. 801 Bridgette Neil

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Having had a son go through Special Education process and seeing the success brought about by the smaller class sizes, I do NOT support Mr. Weast's proposal. 796 Rebecca Holtzman

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It would be a shame to take this away, I myself owe getting through school to these smaller classes.

792 Mary Combs

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Learning Centers fulfill an important educational need for a large number of students in Montgomery County. 787 Naznin Adams

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It will be a great diservice to students who have unique needs - and require unique solutions. Not all students can benefit from being placed in a regular classroom of 25 or more studnets with variable learning abilities. Some students require small, highly structured classroom setting with less than 7-10 students in a room with significant support. MCPS will be denying these group of students access to FAPE by closing down these centers. 785 Jean Johnston

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It is imperative that our children have the opportunity to have a solid educational foundation. The tools they learn in the lower level grades are necessary for future development. 784 Tamieka Thomasson

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Although the goals is always to have children in the least restrictive environment-I MUST be understood that for some children with severe disabilities and behaviors a separate school program is the least restrictive for them and provides them the adequate support they need to be successful in all areas

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781 Karen Blinder

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Education should not be one-size fits all. 777 fRAN MARINACCIO

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KEEP THE CENTERS OPEN!!! 773 Constance Hutchinson

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Many children need them and they need to be continued. 772 Jean Stokes

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The school board needs to keep the Learning Centers open. Parents were not involved in the decision. Our granddaughter will not get the education she needs unless you do the right thing and keep the Learning Centers open. 769 Carol Miller

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As a psychologist who frequently works with children with learning issues, I think it is critical that Montgomery County continue to fund the Secondary Learning Centers so that children who need that unique environment will have it available to them. 768 Amy Benedict

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Please consider alternatives. Develop a new plan with parent and community inut. 767 John Choat

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Please follow the policy you were elected to serve. 756 Deborah Selecman

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Please allow parents a chance to represent what is right for their children. Every child is diffrent and learns diffrently. 755 Wendie Guterl

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Keep the learning centers open! NOT EVERY CHILD can be mainstreamed. These centers are ABSOLUTELY necessary. Don't believe cost is everything! Stay committed to success for EVERY child. 751 roya fardoust

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It is very crucial to keep the Secondary Learning Center. 749 Michelle KLuska

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I oppose Superintendent Jerry Weast's proposed plan to discontinue the Secondary Learning Centers. Please reconsider. 743 Lynn Forney

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Please realize that students are watching. What message are you going to send them?

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734 John Larowe

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As Jo Ralls Uncle, I protest any decision to reduce or remove educational programs that would benefit my Neice. MCBOE's governance must include the needs of any and all students, the wisdom of all of their parents collectively and induvidually, it must be conducted in view of all, and it must not be done for your administrative or budgetary convenience. JLarowe, Architect Charter School Board Member, 1995-1998 ABC Alternative A Citizen-Operated Non-Profit Corporation Phoenix, Arizona 731 Mark Cohen

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There's got to be a better way to keep the MCPS budget in black. Please don't pick on the most in need. 729 Tonja Olson

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I have 3 children in the MCPS system, none of whom at this time use any of these special services; however, from what I've seen, they appear to work and it seems there are better places to cut the budget or make changes to existing programs. 720 Andrea Abrams

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Dr. Weast should not be deciding to close the learning centers before he has received parental input on this question. This is poor practice that has already resulted in angry parents who feel that the decision will be harmful to their children. The vote on this should be postponed and reconsidered WITH parent participation, as required by the Board of Education's policies. 716 Margaret Doty

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Please don't close the centers! 708 Francisco Cosio-Marron

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As long as MCPS fails to show how they can give an equal or better service in the home schools than is presently available in the Learning Centers, then it is much to precipitous to abandon a proven strategy for a theoretical hope. There was no indication that the plan has been thought out or budgeted, reading MCPS's published budget. It is only a reaction to the threat of a law-suit and neither the law-suit nor this remedy have any merit. 707 Beatrice Corn Friedman

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It is a stupid educational decision that takes as large a percentage of the tax revenue as does MCPS. Your obligation is to all children, not just the majoritywho are blessed not to have a disability. Our grandson who is Autistic, is happy to be in his neighborhood school where his older brother attends.

706 Wendy dinova-Wimmer

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It's time MCPS respects the students/children, not just the test score they represent.

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705 Jonathan Jacobson

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Please continue with this vital service. One of the most affluent counties in the US can afford it. 704 Deborah Sell

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There needs to be a continuum of options so that children who do not perform well in inclusive settings will also have opportunities to excel. The costs for due process hearings may exceed what ever savings the closures of the learning centers will engender. 699 Ann Larowe

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My great neice can succeed if provided extra time to respond via a special computer that provides speech. This will not happen in a regular class setting. She needs help now to become a productive citizen and to support herself after graduation. 698 Cynthia Kammann

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The problem with the public school system has always been its structural inability to deal with individual needs. If Montgomery County has set up something more flexible, why would we want the school system to go backwards? If the problem is that kids are being inappropriately placed, then let's deal with that. But, lets not throw out a system that is working by giving so many children exactly what they need. 697 Sue Katz Miller

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I am the PTA President of Piney Branch Elementary. Our community needs the Secondary Learning Centers, and if asked, we would have said so. 694 Marilyn Primus

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Shame on anyone who would discontinue this program and its funding. My mother taught these children in Wisconsin for 30 years with out proper funding. I had hoped we had gone beyond putting funding into sports and band instead of education. 691 Ross Cohen-Kristiansen

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Don't close them! 690 Karen Hutchison

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This proposal is so ill conceived that it's hard to believe that intelligent people would even consider it. By definition, special education students require different ways of learning. One size does not fit all. To force student with special learning needs to spend the day in a typical classroom is a waste of everybody's time and effort. If they could do well there, they'd be there already. Has Jerry Weast even spent a day at a learning center to understand what these kids need? 689 Joseph Kinder

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This is a very short sighted proposition and will have a huge negitive impact of learning for all students---ALL STUDENTS! 683 pamela hicks

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This affects my grandchild...thank you 682 Don Hauprich

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PTSA President, Paint Branch High School 678 Wanda Fay Schneider

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I have twins coming into highschool next fall. I want them to be able to be in small (small) classroom so that the distractions are few and the learning is great!!!!!! It seems as if this county (Montgomery) is always screwing around with the special ed. students. If you aren't changing the 'buzz' words you are changing something else. STOP IT RIGHT NOW!!! 676 Cameron Razavi

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because i am in the learning center myself and i am in the same classes with my friends and i just dont think that is smart not to have the learning center because then the special edd kids would have a tough time in regular classes. 668 Catharine Abid

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This program would not be underenrolled if the elementary schools made more of an effort to identify GTLD students. MCPS has made it very difficult for children with special needs to be identified properly. Our experience left us with contradictory statements from the same counselor over a period of three years. She did everything possible to keep us from getting our daughter evaluated. 667 Katie Larkin

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I am a parent and also work in special educatin in Montgomery County. I have sent many children to Learning Centers who needed the structure, pacing, and soecialize instruction of that environment. There are many opportunities for inclusion at Learning Centers. I am currently working in an inclusive setting and it is not for every child. Let's remember the individual and keep an array of options. This way no child will be left behind! 666 Kathleen Anderson

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I am a grandparent and have seen how our grandson has developed through this program. Having work in a school (K-12), I know that extra assistance is a great help no matter what grade. 665 Janet Larowe

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My granddaughter is in Tilden Learning Center and doing well. Don't close this much needed alternative in special education. I particularly object to your star chamber tactics. Inpyt from all concerned is vital.

664 Richard Wolf

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These children are SPECIAL and need that something extra that this program offers. You will do great harm to the children if you stop the program. 661 lora jones

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Keep learning centers open. I want 2 stay with all my friends and teachers

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658 James Karn

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Please follow the MCBOE policy and the correct procedures for determining the future of the Learning Centers. These facilities are of great benefit to many students, while mainstreaming is of benefit to others. Both options should be kept available so that the best choice can be made for each student. If a shortage of resources is the real problem, push for a tax increase to provide more funds for the school system. 632 Veronique Buenos

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Go ahead and SPEND 163 TRILLION DOLLARS on a stupid WAR but go ahead and take away funds for KIDS. Yeah, just go ahead. 627 Sheila Novak

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Every parent of a special needs child has prayed, more than you'll ever know, that their child could be successful in a general ed. classroom. I would do anything in the world if this were true. But the fact is, the LC is the only environment we have found where our child is experiencing success. You will literally destroy lives if you take away an environment that not only helps them with academic success but also with social and emotional issues. Please do not close the Learning Centers! 621 Lori Goldner

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Please reverse the decision to close the learning centers and develop a plan that includes input from the parents! 620 David Corn

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Anticipating that a minimum of 1 out of 150 children entering the MCPS will be autistic and adding the many other types of disabilities children are heir to, this a decision that harks back the the dark ages. 616 Jennifer Phelps

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MCPS Middle School Teacher 611 Marie Dullea-Prentice

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My nephew lives in Montgomery County and benefits greatly from the special programming availabel to him as a special needs child. Montgomery Co is known nationwide for the services it provides its students. It is a tragedy to think that the County is now going to put the needs of children like my nephew aside in order to save money and to persue unproven strategies. The County as a whole will surely suffer. 610 Eliot Sternfeld

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There is a long history of parents of special ed children feeling steamrolled and treated unfairly by MCPS. This has only added to the distrust. Parental involvement is essential and often asked for by public schools all over the country. Why would MCPS try to cut parents out of such important decisions? In addition there has been very little data collection on HSI. Why should we trust MCPS to follow up on the children once they are decentralized? Please don't close the centers. 609 Jessica Prentice

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These programs have greatly benefitted my nephew. Please keep them!!!!! 607 sheldon fishman

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While none of my children require special education, I object to this decision because the process was opaque and secretive. Also, on its surface, reducing the choices for parents is an intiative in the wrong direction. We should be moving toward making MCPS less rigid. 601 Amy Matathias

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The school system needs a spectrum of services to support students with learning differences. Having the LC gives us services. 600 Pam Chen

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If mainstreaming has failed in the past, you are not helping anyone by reintroducing them to the classroom. Please leave them where it is working. The students and their parents have enough challenges without introducing further obstacles.

599 Gloria Hensel

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This will negatively affect my nephew. 598 Irene Hensel

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This affects my grandson. 597 Lizbeth Moses

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Please put your priorities in the right places. The resources should not be geared toward gifted and talented students to the exclusion of the more challenged students. This is a very unfair bias of the county that has extrememly destructive consequences to many deserving students and families. 592 Patricia Downey

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Please do not eliminate an option for students with special needs that is essential for a number of them, and better than any other for the rest of them. Thank you. 587 Christine Hill-Byrne

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I am in favor of MCPS following MCBOE policy and not make decisions without input from parents and community members that affect them. The concern for the education of the children should be foremost, not $$$. 586 Mary Ann Dawedeit

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It is wrong not to include parents in this decision! 585 Ann Anderson

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Options for special ed students as they progress past the elementary school aged programs are few and far between. To eliminate options from an already limited list of choices is inconscienable, especially since parents and educators were not allowed to be part of this decision making process. Inclusion is not the answer for all students, nor desired by all special ed parents. Please rethink this decision.

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580 Deborah Lessne

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My child is already in a mainstream situation. It doesn't work even for her - a child with minor educational challenges and it will be worse for those who have already shown they need more extensive intervention. Mainstream classes are too large, teachers too overwhelmed, time during the day for extra help too short. 579 Michelle Weaver

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To get rid of this is just dumb. 575 Sandra Warran

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Learning Centers are a viable option for those with increased sensory needs that cannot be met in immersion settings, such as the Asperger's programs. We refused public school because our daughter's needs could not be met in the only placement proposed, despite our expressed concerns (Tilden Asperger's Program, with pragmatics class below her skill level, resource instead of art, music, foreign language, which she loves, sped PE for an athlete, and immersion classes, loud lunchroom, hallways). 574 Halley Moses

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Please do not take away what is helping so many children. My good friends' autistic son learns in a Secondary Learning Center and benefits greatly. I don't know what his family would do if the the proposed change takes place. 571 Richard Dodd

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Discontinuation of GT/LD learning centers will adversely affect my 4th-grade son's learning. 564 Shahida Ansari

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Please consider the best interests of the children. These children need special attention and by mainstreaming them, they will likely not receive it. 561 Carol Miaskoff

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Secondary Learning Centers are necessary for teens who need small classes and special education in order to learn. The stress and distractions of a large classroom, even with an aide, may hinder their learning. 557 Pamela Rose

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Not only is mainstreaming going to hurt the ability for these children to learn, but I believe that these children will disrupt the classroom and the learning environmnet for all the children involved. 556 Laura Siegel

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Parents are stakeholders and MUST be involved in ALL decisions made by MCPS. especially when these decisions have a direct affect on their child's education. THE BOE needs to examine, analyze and monitor the actions of the Superintendent and MCPS staff to ensure proper procuedures are being followed and that the recommendations made are in the best interests of our students, not always the best interest of the budget. 555 shu yi wong

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my son's life really get improved since he was placed into GT/LD program two years ago, before he was transfered to this program, his grade was below the grade level, and have lower selfesteen, and everybody told me that he was a

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problem student, but now he is an honor roll student in GT/LD class, he is a happy learner and welling to go to school, because he got apropoate help with small class-sizes and highly trained teachers. special students need special help!!!!1 541 Steven Haldane

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Education is the most important aspect of our country next to parenthood. Please take into account special needs that are out there for our children. 540 PATRICK PRENTICE

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These kids really need our help, and our thoughtful exercise of the power we have over them. 539 Tressa Mack

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I believe tbhat the secondary schools are vital for the complex learning issues that many parents are encountering today. Inclusion will not give them the hands on they so desperately need. 538 Carol Muskin

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Please keep the Secondary Learning Centers open and accessible to new students. MCPS staff should be working diligently with the family of each child with an IEP who might be better served in the Learning Center than their home school to make this important decision. Students who can be readily served in their home schools and who will be readily integrated into their home schools could be encouraged to select their home school. Thank you! 536 Audra Hough

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I am very disappointed that our world that we live in today can take the rights away from our children, who were born into this world innoccent. It is not their fault that they were born with difficulties in life. For a county to take the right away from these children for a education that they deserve. An education that can further them in life and skills they need to become an indpendent individual. I am embarrassed to live in such a county and hope you wish to reconsider the issue. 535 Mary Jane Checchi

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Closing the centers would be a great disservice to students who need them most, and to their familes. Please keep them open and seek more parental input next time you consider similar plans. 531 Carolyn Projansky

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As a parent of a GT/LD child in the Montgomery County GT/LD program, I strongly support the maintenance of special centers for children with learning differences. Mainstreaming all children will put a massive added strain on teachers who are poorly trained to deal with learning differences. And, the highest performing children will no longer be adequately challenged. You going in the wrong direction by disbanding these centers. Please keep them open and in fact, expand them. 530 Aileen Pincus

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Our daughter is in a private school that focuses on dyslexia, so I'm already aware of the dearth of options open to parents of children with learning disabilities in Maryland. Further disruption of already limited options for parents who can't afford to make the choice we did makes no sense.

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529 Linda Warschoff

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Closing these centers is a grave mistake. 528 Barry Davis

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Are we a democracy run by the people or not? If yes, the people want input and we want our children's needs to be provided for. Do we subscribe to "No Child Left Behind" or not? If yes, then there is no excuse for the proposed cut in services. 519 Lou Ann Craner

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Please do not close these centers! 514 Pamela Trance

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Please listen to the parents and the educators, they have the students best interest in mind and know the best education path to develop these young students. 508 Al T Cooper

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To limit a valuable resource such as this without taking it to the Parents, Teachers or anyone who is currently in this program is bottom line wrong. To present this as a possible program to be cut is proper. Nobody wants to see any program cut. The question becomes what are we willing to do to help, enhance or to supplement this program by volunteer help? There are always options before cutting any program. 507 Bavelyn Vega

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Please save our MCPS learning centers. 505 Teresa Jones

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I also urge you to increase support of the GT/LD program instead of closing one of the sites. My son has made fantastic in this program. 504 Brenda Aloi

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I strongly oppose the plan to discontinue the secondary learning centers. Parents are the best judge of where their child belongs in the school system. This is the only option that makes sense for this most vulnerable group of children. The school board must be bound to the original 3 year plan. 497 Frances Vlantis Solovieff

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I am a teacher, and we worked so hard to get the centers and now they are taking them away. 492 Helen Mollick

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As the parent of a special needs child and as a parent of 2 children in the MOntgomery County Schools, I am appalled that you are considering elimination of the learning centers. Although my child does not need that type of setting, at several points, it was a possibility we had to consider. This county, as one of the richest in the US should be ashamed of its handling of special needs kids. You should re read the New Yorker article from 3 years ago about how we

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compare!. 487 Catherine Zaranis

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We grew up in Montgomery County. My brother was Special Ed and I was GT/LD. He finished High School and I am in Graduate School. Please consider a special education improvement plan that does not involve closing the secondary learning centers. 475 Janice Edwing

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TOTALLY disagree w/closure w/out parent input; also there are SO MANY children that aren't suited for homeschool inclusion, but shouldn't be placed in any of the remaining MC options- this could be a disaster for all. More forethought and strategic planning must take place. 471 Sandra Pearlman

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Do not discontinue secondary learning centers!! 470 Lisa Mix

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Closing the learning centers would be a huge disservice to our children and further burden the regular classroom teachers by committing them to help these children while teaching those that can learn in a traditional classroom. 466 Lynn Cave

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Please keep the centers open. They are needed. 460 Kathryn Hopps

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Taxpayers have a right to input on all aspects of the education budget. Please respect this right. 458 Jane Rosenquist

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The claim to consult with parents, teachers and other stakeholders in our children's education cannot be an empty one. 457 Karen Dunlap

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Before any decisions are made about phasing out the Secondary Learning Centers in Montgomery County, the school board should have a discussion with the parents and staff. Thank you. 453 Susan Writer

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It cannot possibly serve anyone to remove students from a higher level of care and appropriately designed learning to place them in the general classroom where the teachers and students already may be facing significant numbers and other issues setting blocks up to successful learning. 448 Marcie Roth

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Until MCPS treats parents as valued partners in planning, and follows its own policies for including parents in decision-making, all of Montgomery County's children are in danger! 445 Kalliope Mulchi

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Please keep the secondary learning centers. Children and parents suffer enough please don't make their education a horrible struggle. 441 JENINE HERRON

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I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO ATTEND LEE & KENNEDY LEARNING CENTER. SHE GRADUATED 2000 WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. SHE LEARNED SO MUCH MORE IN THE LEARNING CENTER THEN SHE WOULD HAVE IN A REGULAR CLASS. 440 Eva Scheer

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PLEASE KEEP THE LEARNING CENTERS IN THE MCPS' OUR SON"S PROGRESS DEPENDS ON THIS MODEL 439 Mark Scheer

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THE LEARNING CENTER HAS BEEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL MODEL FOR OUR SON PLEASE KEEP THE LEARNING CENTER MODEL IN OUR MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 438 R. Analise Setorie

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Learning Centers have served children with special needs for many years. To remove the learning center and place students in the general education setting now would interfere the progress many students have made. 435 jodie tupuola

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I have personally seen the wonderful results of this program in the growth of a very special child. Please resist such a sudden end to the Secondary Learning Centers. The children, families and our society deserve careful, thoughtful planning in order to continue SUCCESS for everyone. 434 Marti McCoy

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Programs like this assist these kids in becoming as independent and successful as they are capable of. Without the program to support learning, the kids are expected to "sink or swim" in the mainstream. Unfortunately the mainstream environment is not always conducive to their learning needs. 433 Cyndi Greene

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Special Needs children get short changed as it is. Please leave the learning centers open. After all no child is left behind unless they have special needs. 429 Gabrielle Herderschee-Hunter

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The rational for closing one of the GTLD centers is that they are "under-prescribed." This suggests a problem with the GTLD screening & admission process (kids are often required to show they are failing in home school, but GTLD kids are often able to mask their LDs up until school work becomes much more complex in middle and high school) Scientific estimates are that up to 10% of the gifted/ talented population are also LD. Don't make it so hard for GTLD kids to be admitted to the GTLD program 426 Barbara Howard

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As the mother of three special needs children I can tell you that these kids can succeed with the learning centers in place. Left on their own in regular classrooms they will fail and the state will be paying for them for the rest of their lives. Which would you rather be responsible for? These kids need special help in small classrooms in order to become

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independent and successful adults. 369 Tom Skallerup

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Secondary learning centers are important to students with learning disabilities. Please keep them open to assist the students who need the most help. 365 Trammell Maury

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learning centers are essential to keep students on target and engaged. Closing these centers, in my mind, undermines the No Child Left Behind program and creates a system of falling further and further behind for students unable to learn the way subjects are being taught in the classroom without one-on-one help. If you do away with the learning centers, then hire teacher's aides to help in the classroom to compensate for such a loss. Pay now to properly educate students or pay later in spades. 364 Sara Mussie

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Instead of closing the centers focus and energy should be dedicated to develop strategy to address the problems. Please do not close the learning centers. 354 Jean Sommerville

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There has not been enough thought, planning, and definitely not enough involvement by community members for this change to work successfully. You need to listen to parents and educators. Full inclusion cannot work otherwise - for any of the children affected. 349 Marcy Trost

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Parent, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School Montgomery Country Taxpayer 346 Susan Camaione

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I sent a letter to BOE and Mr. Leggett discussing specifics as to why it is so important to keep the Learning Centers, especially the GT/LD centers. 343 Susan Moschella

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All children are not of equal levels; the learning centers are very necessary and total integration is not good for students and teachers alike. 335 Karen Smith

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You seem to keep forgetting 2 simple things essential to running this school system: 1) each child is an individual; and 2) the "P" in "MCPS" stands for "Public."

332 Susan Mapes

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Research does not support what you are doing. You will cost the community more money in the long run, if you do not help these children and accomodate their special needs. We should not be taking a step backwards. Many

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advancements are on the horizon, yet we must remain sensitive to the families who care for their children. Listen to them. work with them and collaborate. 330 Cristina Richards

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If these a risk children are not taken care properly ane their needs are met, they will be trouble later on. Take cvare of them now. THanks you. 324 Roberta Buckberg

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Special needs education is, above all else, NOT one-size-fits-all! It is critical to retain small, self-contained programs for those who need them - they are NOT more restrictive and, in fact, are often the only viable alternative to private placements. Inclusion is wonderful, and should be a goal, but not all kids are capable of reaching that goal. Don't punish the neediest kids! 322 Daniel Katz

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These centers are crucial for our children. Keep them open. 314 Elizabeth Forbes

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I feel my son's ability to earn a high school diploma depends on whether or not he takes his required coursework in a Learning Center environment. He tried the co-teaching model for 5th grade math. I taught him math every night that year as he worked on his homework. Students taking honors, AP and IB classes have separate classes. Students who need small environments to work at grade level should have their own, separate classes, too. 312 jJennifer Slater

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do not close the LCs. My son needs this setting to learn. 311 Ann Humphrey

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PLease do not ignore the diversity of our student population. These centers serve such an important need and help students who not are likely to be successful in the convention track. Do not ignore their needs. With support they can be just as productive and successful as the rest of the student population. Why do you deny them this chance for the help they need to make it in today's world? 307 Tim Burch

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The consistent refusal to follow policy, as well as applicable regulations, and to hide behind platitudes not supported by data (or the refusal to share the data) by a public entity funded by the taxpayers of this county needs to stop. Until due process is followed, and the appropriate stakeholders involved in that process, any decision on this issue lacks transparency, as well as validity. The Board needs to enforce and apply its own policies before action is taken on this matter. 305 Ann Coletti

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Many students and families would suffer if the secondary learning centers were closed. Please keep them open and open the discussions to parents, teachers and community. Thank you, Ann Coletti

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301 Julia McCann

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The Learning centers should remain open for the benefit of those students that do not learn in the conventional method and/or need more individualized learning. 300 Beth Isen

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The Learning Centers provide the Least Restrictive placement for the students as they cannot learn in the traditional school programs. 294 Christopher Madison

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This is not the time to be closing secondary leaning centers. Thank you for considering this petition. 290 Kim Drissel Mrs.

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I have seen what these learning centers can do for kids. I have also seen children suffer in different models due a lack of resources in each home school. There is no question in my mind that children benefit from the learning centers. To remove them would be placing these children at severe disadvantage. 289 Kim Drissel Mrs.

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I have seen what these learning centers can do for kids. I have also seen children suffer in different models due a lack of resources in each home school. There is no question in my mind that children benefit from the learning centers. To remove them would be placing these children at severe disadvantage. 288 Charles & Esther DeVries

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We are confident that with further deliberation Montgomery County will find that it has the resources necessary to continue these successful -- and essential -- services. 286 Douglas McGuffey

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These centers are essential to our community and the education system - don't close them! We can see no benefit to the students, teachers, parents and community if BOE backs this measure. PLEASE remove this decision from the FY 2008 Operating Budget Process. Do the right thing for the students. 278 Lora Griff, LCSW-C

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As an MCPS parent and a Clinical Social worker specializing in Child psychotherapy, I implore you to reconsider your special education programming for the 07-8 school year. Many of my clients have benefitted from the sped programs such as GT/LD which are a hallmark of MCPS. Students thrive in these programs and would be at risk for emotional and ongoing learning problems if these programs were decreased. Please reconsider the proposed changes for next year. Sincerely, Lora Griff, LCSW-C 276 Helaine Bernstein

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Weast's proposed plan to discontinue the Secondary Learning Centers goes against "No Child Left Behind". However, Weast has a history of not caring about the students - as seen last year when he was more concerned about the jobs of consturction workers who were illegal immigrants than ensuring they were not sexual predators working near our children at our schools.

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The board seems to be blindly renewing his contract and going along with his ridiculous plans. 274 Mark Corrales

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I feel very strongly about this issue, and I vote accordingly.

272 Carol Conlon

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This is necessary and mandatory. Wake up! 267 Cristine Millstein

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Please reconsider your idea to close the secondary learning centers in Montgomery County. It is my understanding that these centers are very important to many families with lack of other means. Please try to get more creative with the budgeting. 266 Johanna Rall

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I like my friends and I like my teachers at the Tilden Learning Center. It's the best school I've been to. Don't take it away! 261 Lisa Reilly

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Closing these centers will affect all children. Special needs kids may not have an environment available to them in which they can thrive. In addition, many other "average" children may not receive the attention they need due to focus on the most needy in the classroom. 259 Monica Freedman

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Our son was served by a center program, and he would have failed without it. I dod not agree that academic achievement wouldhave improved. if fact, he would have drowned!!!!! 255 Anna Gilcher

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I am convinced that creativity will flow if we have a full conversation with parents and other community members. We can find a way to support the children who use the secondary learning centers and those who do not. 254 Judy Dey

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Children need a variety of learning models in order to succeed. I believe this is particularly true of special needs children. I would hope there would be more discussion and thought about closing these centers. 253 Ralph Brentwood

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Parents are required by law to be part of the IEP decisions. This is just another instance where MCPS makes the decisions and then tells parents what is best for their children. You cannot keep treating parents with such disrepect and expect to keep your positions. 245 Cindy Roeder

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as a Montgomery County native, having numerous family members in Mont Co schools and a neice who has benefitted

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tremendously from the special education program the County has afforded her thus far, I would strongly uge that this decision be reconsidered until all interested parties have participated in a discussion to look at available options and alternatives. The importance of this program can not be underestimated. 244 Joseph Malouf

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Obviously, Mr. Weast is unaware of the significant needs that our children with special needs have. Mr. Weast should get to know these children before he denies them of an education. Shame on you Mr. Weast. We're not in an undeveloped country to deny people of an education. Perhaps you should transfer to an oppressed Country where education is not important. We're in the USA. 243 John Wallmark

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It is absolutely unacceptable that our special ed children are being denied an education. SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU MR. WEAST! 241 Margaret Warner

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Secondary learning centers are a vital part of the school system. 238 Joan Taylor

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God help us all if Weast succeeds in closing Mark Twain, Kingsley Wilderness Center, the GTLD center, the Learning Centers, etc. There will be a whole new generation of homeless people born right here in our school system when we fail to adequately serve them and they subsequently cannot transition to support themselves by virtue of not having had a basic education. To say nothing of the psychological and emotional damage we will be inflicting upon these individuals and their families.

234 Selene Robinson

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Least Restrictive Environment means an environment where a child is able to maximize learning potential, which may be an inclusion class or a general ed class or a self-contained class, determined by the IEP team, which includes parents. We need a CONTINUUM of services: learning center all the way to full inclusion. One size does not fit all. 229 Jeri Boliek

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My son is a GT/LD kid. I know how important a self contained class can be to a child's success in school. I strongly oppose the proposed closing of the learning centers. 223 Timothy Male

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The learning centers are important and should be continued! 222 Mary Etherton

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You must keep the Secondary Learning Centers open!! 220 Christina Biamonte

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You must keep the learning centers open. They are greatly needed in this county. Next time you try to make a HUGE decision like this - please make sure the teachers, parents and residents of the county are informed and even let in on the decisioin making process.

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216 Marjorie Perloff

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My son is a 2006 graduate of Walter Johnson's Learning Center and now a freshman at Frostburg State Univ. He would not have graduated from any other setting. It literally saved his life. 215 Rich Weinfeld

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It would be short sighted to closes the Learning Centers. MCPS needs a range of programs. 212 Deborah Kerr

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It is sad that we are cutting a spectrum of services. It is not surprise that these students don't do as well on mandated tests; they were recommended for the LC because they are needier than the LAD students placed in co-taught classes. There will be no improvement in their scores by placing them in co-taught big mainstream classes, and in fact, I predict they will do worse. Top down management is destroying MCPS. But what do I know, only been involved with SpEd for 38 yrs. 202 Susan O'Hara

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Both state and local regulations require consultation with parents and teachers before major policy changes. This has not happened, but it must! 199 Lawrence Wright

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The failure to consult affected parents, teachers, and administrators, and the effort to push this through as a budget item rather than a change in education policy, are completely out of line with proper MCPS and educational principles. 193 Margaret Keck

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Our daughter's IEP stipulates that she needs a small class learning environment. She currently has that at Tilden's Learning Center. It's not perfect, but it's the best available. While I share concerns about over-representation of African American and minority students, the solution is not to close the centers, but to fix the way students are channelled to them - as one would do if white students were over-represented. 189 Eleanor Keller

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As a Speech Language Pathologist, I know that some students can ONLY learn in the smaller classes offered by the secondary school learning centers for children with special needs. Closing these centers would be denying these children the education that makes it possible for them to become a part of their community. 178 Kathleen Musaro

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The Learning Centers were very important toward my son's successful education, inclusion isnot the best choice for all children or for all staff. Saving money is not whats best for our children. 165 Madeline Katz

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County efforts so far to mainstream special needs students show inadequate preparation of host schools and inadequate staff increases to accommodate the students' higher need for teacher time and attention. Mainstreaming has also led to underestimated student-teacher ratios in host schools. Discontinuing the LCs therefore harms all students involved.

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161 Deborah Stein

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Some children can only learn in a GT/LD classroom; in a normal classroom, even with support, we will lose them. We need to keep this option open for them. Federal law does not require inclusion at all costs--only as compatible with an appropriate education. My GT/LD child has thrived in the regular classroom, but I have watched children who have not; there were clear reasons why. MCPS should focus on setting better guidelines for which children need GT/LD classrooms instead of eliminating them. 160 Noah Blumberg

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Keep them open!! 159 Paula Norwood

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It is astoundingly inappropriate of Dr. Weast to move a County such as ours towards underserving students so in need of specialized services. 158 Robin Gaster

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I hope the Board comes to its senses. 156 Debbie Ionno

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Our son attended the GTLD class in Elementary and Middle School and it was a lifeline. When mainstreamed he requires quite a bit of attention and I don't see the future plan providing for that needed support with staffing or educating of current staff. 153 GORDON MELTZER

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Please look at the long term aspects, not short term savings. Thank you. 146 Carolyn Gorsky

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Mr. Weast, please reconsider closing these centers. These centers are a lifeline for these kids. If you continue with your idea these kids will drown and get left behind. 143 Karen Meltzer

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The GT/LD program in the Learning Center at E. Brooke Lee made the difference in my son. He went from a child who was smart but unsuccessful in elementary school to a child who can succeed in honors classes at Sherwood. He learned the skills necessary by being in the gt/ld program. It couldn't have happened at his homeschool, that had been proven in elementary school. The success of these children is dependent upon the Learning Centers and the teachers and the life skills they learn there. 139 Jill Hazan

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The secondary learning centers are imperative for all of our children. Closing them will not only affect the children in the special classrooms, but the children in all County schools! 137 John Niedermair

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The learning centers fulfill a desperate need for the Montgomery county student body.

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126 Leslie Humes

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I am a speech pathologist. I am signing this to support my client who lives in your jurisdiction and needs the Secondary Learning Center as part of her least restirictive environment to meet her IEP goals/objectives. 119 Jenifer and Jeffrey Bochner

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Parents should be an integral part of their childrens' education, especially when it involves children with special needs. 111 HOLLY GAUT

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Don't throw out the baby with the bath water. Fix what is wrong and keep the option open for those students who cannot function in a regular classroom setting. 102 William and Rose Miller

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It is imperative a continuum of placements be available to IEP teams considering how to implement IEP goals for reading disabled, auditory processing, executive functioning (slow processing) disabled children who have failed to make academic gains, despite services and supports, in their home schools. 101 Emily Paulsen

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Please save and expand the GT/LD program. Many students need the small class size that the Learning Centers and the GT/LD programs provide. Inclusion will only work for these students if you reduce class size for all students. (Hey, that's a good idea!) 92 Alice Kirkman

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This proposal, even as revised, is poorly planned and violates provisions of IDEA. The Board of Education should halt implementation until a proper education proposal is made, with community input as required in any planning. Otherwise, many special education students born after 1996 will be denied a diploma in violation of IDEA. 89 Amy Allnutt

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Closing our Learning Centers will prove to be a monumental mistake for Montgomery County schools. Please listen the parents of children who would benefit from these centers.

86 Mimi Radbill

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My son is 15 years old, autistic, and has been educated in a Learning Center since day one. He has thrived in that environment. He would not have lasted one minute in a mainstream environment (which was tried). The Learning Centers were set up to target children who needed a smaller, self-contained classroom to learn in. Please do not remove the Learning Centers as an option. As much as I would have loved for my son to be included, he learns differently and that's the key. 83 Mildred Bendl

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Secondary Learning Centers are too valuable to the children. These children need the learning centers to become educated adults. 80 Martha McGarry

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The inclusion model simply does not work, and is even harmful, for many special needs students. 78 James Leishear

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Please keep the learning centers open for the sake of my step daughter and the many other special needs children like her. These programs are key for their present and future learning success. Without the they will be lost! 74 Steven Lahn

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It would be a huge disservice to deny this vital program to our children 73 Susan Avjian

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Dr. Weast, When I think of your agenda I am saddened and distreseed. You have removied attributes that I believe are integral in becoming a functional worker in society. Extra effort, questioning, being involved, knowing where to find answers and working as a team are just as important as test scores. Muisic and arts are proven by research to increase the ability to learn, yet, these are being cut. Special ed has been eaten away and unsupported. Learning differences can need different teaching! 72 Barbara Turner

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While the Learning Centers do not serve every member of the special needs student body, they do serve a significant number of students. They also provide a necessary alternative structure for learning for those who cannot positively learn in other environments. To close them would be a disservice to this population, their families, the classes that they would be required to become members of, and MCPS. 67 Sharon Nystrom

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I believe this decision should be vetted with the community at large. PLease reconsidered your decision, Dr. Weast. 66 Michelle Freedberg

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This change impacts all children, not just the children in special education. There is a reason why they are in smaller, specialized classes and if they are placed in the larger general education class, they will require much of the teacher's time to keep up. This impacts my GT child who will not have the same access to the teacher because her needs are not as pressing. There are also some disabilities that make a child more disruptive, which will impact the class as well. 64 Janet Weingarten

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Respectfully, I request that this issue not be couched in terms of race, but rather in terms of meeting the indivdual needs of each student. Some students can benefit from inclusion; others might be harmed. Please keep all options open! 60 Lisa Chulock

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I have come to find through my experiences with MCPS's that there is so much focus on advanced placement classes and accelerated programs for children with high potential and there is very little offered to children who struggle with grasping concepts a little out of their reach. Please do not take this alternative away from children who need it and benefit from it the most. I have two children, one who excels and one who struggles. There is such a disparity between how they are treated. 59 Diane Dickson

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Until you can prove that you are replacing them with sometihing better for ALL children, put this plan on hold and include parents and stakeholders in the proper planning. 57 Melissa Bannett

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Students with special needs need all the support they can get, in classrooms set up to meet those needs. This can best be accomplished in distinct classrooms, rather than within a mainstream classroom. 55 Emily Novick

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There is no excuse in a democracy for shutting parents - who are voters and taxpayers - out of the process. 54 Holly Ellis

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These learning centers greatly benefit the children they serve! Closing them would be a great disservice to the community and to the children. 53 lois fishman

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These centers are vital to the success of students with special needs or MCPS will end up spending more money fighting due process suits brought by the parents of special needs students to get funding for appropriate private schools. 48 Gregory Rogers

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Both home school inclusion AND the LC need to be offerings. Do not let others define what a LRE is, let the IEP team and individual parents decide. 42 Jean Coffman

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Do not make this decision without parent input! 1 out of 150 children have conditoins that fall within the autism spectrum - that means a lot of children in the Montgomery school system will need these learning centers to succeed Montgomery County should lead the country in providing the environment needed by so many. 37 Janis Sartucci

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Dr. Weast's decisions to close the Secondary Learning Centers, one GT/LD program, one day of ESY and the Kingsley Wilderness Center were made without community involvement and without notice as required by BoE policy and Maryland State law (Comar 13A). 34 Virginia Kling

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My Aspergers-diagnosed son is currently in a therapeutic boarding school after suffering a breakdown from the stresses of academic and social pressure. Mainstreaming, while a laudable goal, is not for everybody. We need more choices, not fewer, for our different learners. 21 Milo Bannerman

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I cannot believe that one of the richest counties in the USA would do away with this program. The families of MC deserve better 20 Kathleen Marcy

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Your proposal to discontiue Secondary Learnng Centers in Montgomery County Schools is detrimental to the children in particular and the community as a whole. I know one of the children that will be impacted by this, and this program is vital to his continuing development. The idea that all these children can or should be main streamed does not agree with what past experience has indicated. 19 Tom Jones

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The essence of education is to identify the potential of each individual person, then help that person advance toward realizing his/her potential. The Montgomery County Secondary Learning Center experience is the single most effective educational experience toward that goal in the life of our daughter and many, many of her peers who have similiar learning disabilities. These learning centers are key toward independent, productive, abundant lives. Please do not eliminate them! 17 Emily Sudbrink

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If the BOE approves the SLC phase out plan proposed in this budget they will be creating a new policy of excluding those families most greatly affected by these realignments from being equal partners in the decision making process. They will be giving MCPS's exclusion of parents as equal partners, a "stamp of approval", which will encourage this behavior to continue. By removing the decision to phase out SLC's, the BOE will send a powerful message to MCPS that parents must be equal partners. 16 N R Schandelmeier

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It is far more expensive to rebuild a discarded program everyone recognizes is necessary to the well-being of some students than it is to continue the program and make it better. 12 Sue Rall

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How can you force my child into inclusion if you won't include me in the decision making process? 11 Catherine Kristiansen

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Please, listen to the parents of children who have, do, or would attend these centers. THEY are the experts. 8 Caroline Grandy

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You have my full support.

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