{"id":70595,"date":"2020-09-19T00:21:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T21:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/deaf-blind-disabled-kids-left-with-no-school-buses-in-nyc\/"},"modified":"2020-09-19T00:21:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T21:21:42","slug":"deaf-blind-disabled-kids-left-with-no-school-buses-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deaf-blind-disabled-kids-left-with-no-school-buses-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"#Deaf, blind, disabled kids left with no school buses in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Hundreds of blind, deaf and disabled children attending independently run special education schools in New York City reopened for in-person classes have been denied bus transportation by the Department of Education, administrators and parents say.<\/p>\n

The New York State Education Department\u2019s reopening policy mandates local school districts provide busing to kids outside the public school system, but since early September the city Office for Pupil Transportation (OPT) has been dragging its feet with little explanation, school administrators charge.<\/p>\n

The New York Institute for Special Education in the Bronx \u2014 which serves roughly 250 kids in grades pre-K through 12 \u2014 wanted to reopen for in-person instruction on Sept. 9, coinciding with DOE\u2019s former reopening date of Sept. 10.<\/p>\n

But once the City pushed back that date, the Institute revised their plan and set a new reopening date \u2014 this past Monday, Sept. 14 \u2014\u00a0 but without bus services.<\/p>\n

The OPT has repeatedly told the Institute\u2019s executive director Dr. Bernadette Kapp<\/a>en and inquiring parents that they can\u2019t offer transportation until a later date, with little explanation, according to emails reviewed by The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were prepared to have our children who wanted to begin in-person schooling come on the 9th,\u201d Kappen told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen there was discussion there wouldn\u2019t be transportation this coming Monday on the 21st. The Office of Pupil Transportation said now the transportation isn\u2019t going to start until the 29th. We think it\u2019s coinciding with the New York City Department of Education\u2019s pushback,\u201d she said, arguing it violates state standards that say school districts must provide bus service to schools as part of reopening plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cPupil transportation must be provided to students attending religious and independent schools, charter schools or students whose individualized education program (IEP) have placed them out of district,\u201d states a Sept. 9 memo from state Education Department Interim Commissioner Betty Rosa, which Kappen cited.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not supposed to be tied into [DOE\u2019s] schedule. Whatever date we will tell our school district we will be in session, we should be able to transport,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe parents are caught in the middle of this and it really causes a lot of distress because they don\u2019t know what is going to happen with their children and many of them have to go to work. We were worried about the lack of any guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Rebecca Renshaw, the executive director at the Lavelle School for the Blind in the Bronx, which serves roughly 130 kids ages 3 to 21, said parents who opted to send their children for in-person instruction this week have had to physically transport kids from as far as Brooklyn all week \u2014 and it\u2019s placing a significant burden on an already vulnerable population.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe transportation piece has been chaos, or silence \u2014 or a little bit of both.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said she has been called by at least one bus company that said service may resume this coming Monday, but has been unable to receive confirmation with city education officials despite multiple messages sent over the past day and a half.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur students need to be back, we\u2019re ready, we\u2019ve been working since the beginning of June. We\u2019re ready \u2014 we need transportation to get them here, we worked really hard and to put it together and then the one part we couldn\u2019t control \u2014 transportation \u2014 has delayed them from full access to their education,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The city Department of Education did not immedia<\/a>tely return a call for comment.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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