Comments on: Judge puts the brakes on Algebra I plan http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/10/28/judge-puts-the-brakes-on-new-algebra-i-plan/ Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nextset http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/10/28/judge-puts-the-brakes-on-new-algebra-i-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-18664 Nextset Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:11:36 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=2263#comment-18664 Katy, here’s a new issue for you to pursue. I just talked to a mother who has a 13 year old daughter. They belong to Kaiser for health care and she took the girl in to the Dr wanting a complete drug screen as well as a full physical because of serious and significant behavioral changes. I am informed that Kaiser refused to conduct the screening citing the 13 year old’s privacy rights.

Things have turned so badly with this girl that she may be thrown out of/removed from her public school and sent to a continuation or alternative school – they family has to get to the bottom of whatever is wrong and make decisions about what to do. And they are being told that they can’t get medical workups on their kid because of privacy rights?? The kid is being referred for a psych workup – but the parents were refused the drug screen.

I’ve always told people to stay away from Kaiser but Kaiser seems to own most of the blue collar workers in the state now. How are the parents supposed to intervene when they are refused services like this?

]]> By: Nextset http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/10/28/judge-puts-the-brakes-on-new-algebra-i-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-18663 Nextset Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:04:48 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=2263#comment-18663 I disagree with the governor’s algebra plan. Is this a case of the legislature clashing with the executive – or one more instance of the courts trying to legislate from the bench? This article does not do enough to explain to us what the basis of the court’s order is – where do they get jurisdiction over the issue, etc. If the state legislature has not required specific curriculum the school boards are free to run the schools as they please. And I’d prefer curriculum decisions be made locally, with only the minimum standards set by state legislation. Does anyone have more info on how the court fight is structured here?

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