THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, August 11, 1996 TAG: 9608090035
SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J4 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: 21 lines
Most people don't know what special education is.
``Special'' education is just that: special. It involves physical, occupational and speech therapy, along with reading writing and arithmetic. It can be to help the severely disabled or someone who just has a hard time reading and spelling. Teachers in regular-education classes don't have the time to work with those who need the special help.
Let's talk about a waste of education money. If we took the law-enforcement salaries and the security salaries it takes to control the regular-education students in the city of Norfolk and used this money for special education, then we'd have more money to educate those who want and need to be educated.
FRANK FLOYD
Norfolk, July 25, 1996 by CNB