PENNSYLVANIA
SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER
6270/05-06 AS File Number
S.F. Child’s Name
Xx/xx/xx Date of Birth
March 24, 2006 Date of Hearing
Open Type of Hearing
For the Student:
Parent
For the Oley Valley School District:
Dawn Cambria
Director of Student Services 17 Jefferson Street
Oley, PA 19547
Sharon W. Montanye, Esq. Sweet, Stevens, Tucker & Katz 331 Butler Avenue
P.O. Box 5069
New Britain, PA 18901-5069
Date of Hearing: March 24, 2006
Date Transcript Received: March 30, 2006
Date of Decision: April 14, 2006
Hearing Officer: Daniel J. Myers
BACKGROUND
Student (Student) is a [teenaged] resident of the Oley Valley School District (School District) with autism. The School District has proposed a publicly-funded private school placement for the 2005-2006 school year. Student’s parent disputes the appropriateness of that placement, contending that personnel are inadequately trained, personnel do not adhere to Student’s restricted diet, and personnel are more concerned with criticizing Student’s parent than with educating Student. For the reasons described below, I find that the School District’s proposed private school placement is appropriate.
ISSUE
Whether or not the School District’s proposed placement at a private parochial special education school is appropriate?