Rarely would mediation include attorneys. Due process hearings and the negotiations to settle a dispute prior to completing a due process hearing involve legal counsel. Hearings are costly in many ways. Monitoring and compliance - State and federal monitoring occur in multiple year cycles. A charter typically would not expect to be monitored in its first three years.
Compliant investigations can occur any time.
Also, Bluffview contracts with an outside specialist to help with IEPs. New Visions School , whose program focuses on serving students with learning disabilities, employs six special education teachers covering multiple areas of special education licensure, nine para-professionals, an occupational therapist, speech therapist, and a school psychologist. Fifty percent of New Visions students have special needs. This teacher has many of the required certifications to work with the school's special needs students. Emily Charter School is a member of a special education cooperative and accesses a variety of services and supports through this relationship.