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		<title>SPED Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From today&#8217;s Oregon Live: Portland special ed director still on the job after four challenging months Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian Posted:  01/09/2012 2:25 PM      Portland&#8217;s new special education director, Robert Ford, is back on the job this month after a three-week medical leave due to a back injury in December.Plenty of people with ties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PPS SPED Director is Out</title>
		<link>http://cheatinginclass.com/2011/12/pps-sped-director-is-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PPS new SPED Director (Robert Ford) has been out on leave for about three weeks and now I hear he&#8217;s not returning to the Director position.  Ford was only in the position for about five months.    Parents I&#8217;ve talked with were happy with Ford. I know there was criticism about PPS hiring him because many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Lawsuit Against PPS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Adams</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t heard anything about it in the media yet but Stacey Sibley, a well-liked and respected former PPS administrator is suing the district for defamation, retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and battery.  (I may have missed a claim) Why was Stacey treated so badly?  Because she reported safety concerns within the Special Education Department and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Results of the PPS SPED Audit</title>
		<link>http://cheatinginclass.com/2011/09/the-results-of-the-pps-sped-audit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The district has just posted the results of their internal audit of SPED.  The findings include financial management weaknesses: My analysis of SPED financial management at PPS shows that the district has not managed program finances effectively.  Over the past several years, weak controls have allowed growth in staffing levels without sufficient management review, federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the New SPED Director Another Leon Dudley?</title>
		<link>http://cheatinginclass.com/2011/07/is-the-new-sped-director-another-leon-dudley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember Leon Dudley who was the principal at Jefferson for a minute?  He wasn&#8217;t the most qualified candidate and he had a troubled history but PPS hired him anyway.  It sounds like the new SPED Director (Robert Ford) may be another Dudley. The PPS press release says &#8220;An administrator with strong school-based experience in special and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joanne Mabbott&#8217;s Demotion</title>
		<link>http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/11/joanne-mabbotts-demotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a busy week for PPS.  They continue to waste taxpayer dollars with their staffing decisions.  Joanne Mabbott (Director of Special Education) will become an interim principal at Maplewood Elementary.  She says that the decision was hers.  What were her options? Historically, administrators placed in lower level positions have retained their higher level salaries (Steve Olczak, Cynthia Harris, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bullying Problem in PPS</title>
		<link>http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/05/the-bullying-problem-in-pps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 16:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dishonor Roll]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Superintendent Smith&#8217;s recent recommendation to cut paraeducator and bilingual educational assistant staff is certainly consistent with PPS history.  Like a playground bully, Smith picks on the weakest members. Her recommendation to close Marshall is just one more example of that.  She doesn&#8217;t have the courage to stand up to Grant or Lincoln or Wilson so she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educating Joseph &#8211; A New Chapter</title>
		<link>http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/03/educating-joseph-a-new-chapter/</link>
		<comments>http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/03/educating-joseph-a-new-chapter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David McDonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One More Thing&#8230; I just got to thinking, that I went on in great length regarding the joke of an education my nephew received in Portland Public Schools special education, without telling you what he’s doing now. After the hearing we pulled him out of Marshall due to the same old same old. We gave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educating Joseph &#8211; Due Process Day 2</title>
		<link>http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/03/educating-joseph-due-process-day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/03/educating-joseph-due-process-day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David McDonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due Process&#8230;Day 2 As the 2nd day of testimony in Joseph’s Due Process Hearing began, we really had no idea what was to come. The vice principal from Grant was first on our list. He is the one that I told we were going to sue the district, and here he was, being sworn in. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educating Joseph &#8211; Due Process Day 1</title>
		<link>http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/03/educating-joseph-due-processd-day-1/</link>
		<comments>http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/03/educating-joseph-due-processd-day-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David McDonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Due Process&#8230; Day 1 We filed for Due Process against Portland Public Schools on 12/11/2000. Joseph had attended 3 different High Schools here in less than 1 year, and had yet to receive any real education. We decided to represent him ourselves as we were clear on how he’d been denied a free appropriate public [...]]]></description>
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