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Special needs services pose challenge for SUSD BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
NEIGHBORS ............. 16 Scottsdale woman pens helpful book.
ARTS............................... 23 New public art hits Scottsdale streets.
FOOD............................. 24 Sombreros owners debut new concept.
NEIGHBORS ..........................................16 BUSINESS ............................................... 21 OPINION .................................................22 ARTS ........................................................ 23 FOOD ....................................................... 24 CLASSIFIEDS ........................................27
Sunday, August 16, 2020
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chools around the state re-opened online this month, posing unique problems for Scottsdale Uni�ied and other districts and families with special-needs students. Many special-needs students rely on inperson instruction.
Money didn’t buy some enough love from local voters
Districts must adhere to protections included in federal civil rights law, including 504 plans and IEPs – short for individualized education program – that lay out how schools will address a speci�ic student’s accessibility issues and outline speci�ic goals and services. In many cases, parts of those plans are dif�icult to implement in a distance learning setting due to the need for in-person instruction,
therapies and interaction. That has put many districts in a dif�icult position, especially those like SUSD that have large special education populations. Scottsdale Unified’s nearly 2,300 students with disabilities make up 10 percent of the overall student population,
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Laying the foundation
BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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fundraising advantage was not a guarantee of success at the ballot box in Scottsdale’s Aug. 4 Primary Election, where two of the losing mayoral candidates outraised the rest of the �ield by a three-to-one margin. This is the second time in four years that candidates with less money upset more well-funded candidates in local elections. In 2018, Councilwomen Kathy Little�ield and Solange Whitehead received the most votes in that year’s City Council General
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Pivot Development President Lee Mashburn last week visited Papago Plaza as his Scottsdale company began its redevelopment of the site at Scottsdale and McDowell roads. For details, see page 8. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
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