Letters to the Editor

For Thursday, September 6, 2012

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 06, 2012

~~DOE administrators need a conscience 
 
Your editorial on the $4.4 million special education settlement by the state Department of Education <a href="http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/20120831_Pricey_specialneeds_lesson_for_state.html" style="color: #0000FF;">(“Pricey special-needs settlement for state,” Star-Advertiser, Our View, Aug. 31)</a>, and a letter to the editor <a href="http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/20120831_Letters_to_the_Editor.html" style="color: #0000FF;">(“Schools can’t do everything,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, Aug. 31)</a> both missed the point.  
The DOE did not learn a costly lesson, because none of the offending personnel had to pay — we taxpayers are paying. 
 
Nobody asked the schools to do everything — the charge was “deliberate indifference,” not “trying their best but falling short.” 
 
We don't ask them to do everything, we just wish they had a conscience. 
 
John Mussack 
Makiki 
 
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DOE administrators need a conscience Your editorial on the $4.4 million special education settlement by the state Department of Education (“Pricey special-needs settlement for state,” Star-Advertiser, Our View, Aug. 31), and a letter to the editor (“Schools can’t do everything,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, Aug. 31) both missed the point. The DOE did not learn a costly lesson, because none of the offending personnel had to pay — we taxpayers are paying. Nobody asked the schools to do everything — the charge was “deliberate indifference,” not “trying their best but falling short.” We don't ask them to do everything, we just wish they had a conscience. John Mussack Makiki EXPRESS YOURSELF

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