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Official apologizes over handling of D.C. special-ed plan
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being executed is not.” The District will spend a pro-
jected $283 million this year on tuition and transportation for nearly 2,700 disabled students in private schools — in the Washing- ton region and in residential fa- cilities as far away as Georgia and Colorado. The proportion of the city’s special education popula- tion in non-public placements (more than 25 percent) is far above the national average, offi- cials say, and the amount of time that disabled children in the Dis- trict spend with non-disabled peers ranks close to the lowest among the states. The use of private schools is in
part a legacy of failures in the District’s special education pro- gram, which has been under fed- eral court supervision, for many years. Parents pursued private schools for their children under federal law because the District could not serve them.
Capacity for help
Nyankori acknowledged the
system’s “state of chronic failure” but said the public school sys- tem’s capacity to serve some spe- cial education students has im- proved. Nyankori and Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee frame the rein- tegration effort as a civil rights is- sue, asserting that the District has for too long ignored federal mandates that children with dis- abilities have their educational needs met in the “least restrictive environment.” “We have the most segregated school system in the nation,” Nyankori said, adding that the District was not serving disabled children properly by keeping them indefinitely in settings where they receive the most in- tensive help. Such students need to be “stepped down appropri- ately,” he said. The District has pursued a sim- ilar approach at one of its pub- licly funded special education fa- cilities, the Jackie Robinson Cen- ter. The school’s 57 students in first through sixth grades, most of whom have emotional and be- havioral issues, will be moved to regular public schools this fall. Nyankori said some students will never be candidates for inclusion in general education schools. That includes “medically fragile” students with disorders such as spina bifida, the seriously men- tally ill, and children with a his- tory of violence or as sexual pred- ators.
But Nyankori said there are children with mild and moderate learning disabilities who could be successful in public schools. About half of the District’s pri- vate special education popula- tion is 17 or older, Nyankori said, adding that at 18, those who have had rights legally transferred to them could make their own choices about where to go to school. He said children are not being well served by some private schools. “I can’t overemphasize that some students enrolled in private schools are not getting what they deserve,” he said. Although Nyankori cites equity and civil rights concerns, there are also financial issues underly- ing the reintegration attempt. Rhee has identified savings in special education programs as a way to help fund the new per- formance pay program that is part of the proposed contract with the Washington Teachers’ Union. The first three years of the program will be funded with do- nations from private founda- tions. But the District will need about $10 million in public mon- ey to carry the bonus system from 2013 to 2015, according to an out- side analysis of the contract com-
missioned by Rhee. Under the reintegration plan,
Nyankori directed placement specialists, many provided by contractor First Home Care, to review the cases of all District- supported private school stu- dents to see who might be candi- dates for reintegration. An initial list of more than 200 was devel- oped.
The complaints
But parents, with children en- rolled at private schools such as Kingsbury, Ivymount and Kath- erine Thomas, told Nyankori on Wednesday that some of the placement staff came to IEP meetings with little or no knowl- edge of their children’s cases. Others said that students older than 18 were being unfairly pres- sured to withdraw from private settings. The mother of a girl at Kingsbury, who spoke on the con- dition of anonymity for fear that her child’s chances of getting the support she needed would be hurt, said she received a series of phone calls at odd hours of the evening from placement person- nel telling her how well her daughter was doing. Families and advocates said
“The reintegration idea is one we’re going to hold on to. The way it’s being executed is
not.”
— Richard Nyankori, D.C. official
they fear that the budget pres- sures are creating a rush to ac- tion that overlooks the needs of individual students. They said they are not convinced that the District has expanded its capac- ity to serve special needs stu- dents and planned to file “stay put” actions, invoking their legal right to remain in private place- ment until the case is reviewed by a hearing officer. “It is not enough to grow up
next to your non-disabled peers if you never learn to read. That’s not civil rights,” said Judith San- dalow, executive director of the Children’s Law Center, which provides legal representation to families dealing with the special education system. Before the meeting was over,
Nyankori announced that any family that had had an IEP re- viewed in March, April or so far this month — and had been led to believe that a child would remain in private schoo1 — could dis- regard any notice of reassign- ment received. “We’re going to revamp the whole thing,” he said. Nyankori’s announcement was welcome news to Wendell Belew, whose son Matthew is an eighth- grader grade at Katherine Thom- as School in Rockville. He said Matthew’s IEP had been ap- proved last month and called for his continued enrollment at the school, at a cost to the District of about $32,000 a year. But Belew said he was notified last week that his son, who has what Belew called “severe speech issues,” was one of 22 Katherine Thomas students who had been identified for transition to D.C. public schools. “It’s being couched as a civil rights issue, that this is the last vestige of segregation,” Belew said. “My reaction is that the great thing about Katherine Thomas is that it’s an environ- ment where Matthew feels most typical. He feels really included.”
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Man found injured near Wheaton Metro
This much seems clear: A 29- year-old man fell 40 to 50 feet from a parking deck in Wheaton on Thursday, went through a tree, landed on mulch and injured his back and an ankle. What Montgomery County de-
tectives are trying to sort out is the man’s report of how it hap- pened. The man told police he was walking across a parking lot at the Westfield Wheaton shopping mall Thursday afternoon when he was accosted by two men. He said they forced him into a park- ing deck near the Wheaton Metro station, dragged him up five ramps, beat him, took his wallet and forced him off the structure, said Cpl. Dan Friz, a police spokesman.
Someone saw the man in the mulched area and called police, Friz said. Police have been unable to find witnesses who saw the in- cident, Friz said. A tree next to the parking deck had freshly bro- ken branches, Friz said. The man was taken to a hospital. He described the suspects as
Hispanic men in their 20s. One weighed 170 pounds, had short hair, a mustache, white shirt, black pants and black shoes. The other was described as weighing 180 pounds, with very short hair, a red shirt, brown pants and white shoes. Anyone with information is
asked to call 240-773-5530. Call- ers who want to remain anony- mous can call 866-411-TIPS.
— Dan Morse
ELDON H. ‘TOOK’ CROWELL, 86
Lawyer expert in government contracts
by T. Rees Shapiro
Eldon H. “Took” Crowell, 86, the founding partner of the Wash- ington law firm Crowell & Mor- ing, who was considered a top ex- pert in government contracts, died of an aortic aneurysm May 23 at his home in Washing- ton. Mr. Crowell and Frederick Mor-
ing, an energy lawyer, formed their firm in 1979 after leaving the Washington office of the Cleve- land-based firm of Jones Day with 51 other lawyers. The new firm specialized in ne-
gotiating large government con- tracts with corporations. Mr. Cro- well was considered one of Wash- ington’s keenest experts on government contracts, and his cli- ents included Boeing, United Technologies, Honeywell, IBM, Northrop, Lockheed and TRW. In his later years, he helped lead the firm’s pro bono practice, which was recognized twice by the D.C. Bar as the top pro bono program in the Washington area. In 2008, Legal Times named Mr. Crowell one of the top 30 lawyers in Washington in the past 30 years. Mr. Crowell and Moring’s high- ly publicized 1979 departure from Jones Day included two-thirds of the megafirm’s Washington em- ployees. Newspaper accounts called it “The Split.” Mr. Crowell said one reason be- hind the division was that the new group wanted to be more open about firm leadership. “Our main hope was to create a democratic and more collegial at-
COURTESY OF CROWELL & MORING
Mr. Crowell helped lead pro bono work at Crowell & Moring.
mosphere,” Mr. Crowell told the Washington Business Journal in 2002. “We really wanted our part- ners involved in electing who led the firm.” Mr. Crowell said the innovative
management style made the firm more cohesive. “It is a disaster when partners become too pro- prietary about their clients,” he told The Washington Post in 1994. Mr. Crowell led the new group as chairman until 1984. He be- came a partner in 1986 and senior counsel in 1990. Crowell & Mor- ing employs more than 500 law- yers and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Anchorage, San Francisco, Orange County, Calif., London and Brussels.
With his pro bono work, Mr. Crowell helped organize trips for summer interns to visit homeless shelters and soup kitchens to in-
RONALD E. MÜLLER, 70
Economist’s work focused on globalization
Ronald E. Müller, 70, an econ- omist and adviser to developing nations who offered an early forecast of the positive but po- tentially destabilizing impacts of globalization, died May 21 at his home in Arlington. He had can- cer. A professor of economics at American University since 1970, Dr. Müller was the co-author with Richard J. Barnet of “Global Reach,” a bestselling 1974 book about the growing power of mul- tinational corporations. “Global Reach” challenged the idea that globalization would yield the greatest good for the greatest number of people. The book argued that worldwide businesses contribute to a wid- ening gap between rich and poor and undermine the power and self-determination of national governments. Developing countries were
particularly vulnerable to com- panies seeking to maximize prof- its, they wrote, but the United States was hardly immune.
Harold F. Schneidman
USIA OFFICIAL
Harold F. Schneidman, 87, a re-
tired cultural and public affairs officer for the U.S. Information Agency, died May 18 at the Rebecca House assis- ted-living fa- cility in Poto- mac. He had dementia.
Early in his
Schneidman
career, Mr. Schneidman worked in
community development and public relations. He was a consul- tant to what is now the National League of Cities before joining USIA in 1957. His work for the agency took him to Indonesia and Rome before he took on more ad- ministrative roles in Washington. He was serving as USIA deputy
director for policy and plans when, in 1978, he was named as- sociate director for programs of the International Communica- tion Agency, a public diplomacy effort by the Carter White House to combine functions of USIA and the State Department’s Bu- reau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Mr. Schneidman, who retired in 1980, was a recipient of the USIA Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in public diplo- macy. The award cited his “spe- cial sensitivity to, and compas- sion for, the human element in public life, a singular ability to bring people together while fos- tering individual creativity.” Harold Fredric Schneidman was born in Hazleton, Pa., and raised in Philadelphia. He attend- ed the University of Pennsylvania as a young man and then Harvard University and Cornell University over the course of his career.
Reviewing the book in the
New York Times, Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho) wrote, “Barnet and Müller have struck a vital theme. For I am convinced that not since the early 1930s has America been so ripe for the fun- damental reconsideration of the relationship of corporate power and political responsibility.” For “Global Reach,” Dr. Müller and his co-author received a 1975 Sidney Hillman Foundation award, given to journalists whose work supports social jus- tice. Dr. Müller wrote a sequel in 1980, “Revitalizing America,” about the systemic instability of global markets. He founded and led American
University’s development bank- ing and finance program from 1972 to 1985. He also worked as a consultant to the leaders of sev- eral developing nations, to the World Bank and the Inter-Amer- ican Development Bank. Later in his career, Dr. Müller
invested in and raised capital for a range of businesses in an effort
During World War II, he served in the Coast Guard as a combat correspondent and did public re- lations work for the Coast Guard musical show “Tars and Spars,” his family said. He was a longtime Washington resident and, in 1955, opened a short-lived espresso bar in Georgetown called The Gallery. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Roberta Basch Schneid- man of Washington; four chil- dren, Sara Schneidman of Sperry- ville, Va., Seth Schneidman of Scotland, Grant Schneidman of Parker, Colo., and Jared Schneid- man of Katonah, N.Y.; and four grandchildren.
— Adam Bernstein
Joseph T. Tesar
RHEUMATOLOGIST
Joseph T. Tesar, 85, a rheuma- tologist who worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from 1977 to 1996, died May 14 at Sub- urban Hospital. He had leukemia. At Walter Reed, Dr. Te- sar helped de- velop a train- ing program for rheuma- tology fellows. He also spent much of his career on the medical facul- ty at the Uni-
Tesar
formed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda. Joseph Thomas Tesar grew up
in what was Czechoslovakia and received his medical training at Palacky University in what is now the Czech Republic. He worked in internal medi- cine in Czechoslovakia before de- fecting to West Germany in 1956. He won asylum and worked at a U.S. Army hospital in Germany before immigrating to the United
William Levitt
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYEE
William Levitt, 90, who retired from the Defense Department as the director of the international acquisition programs, died May 13 at the Morton Plant Hos- pital in Clearwater, Fla. He had an intestinal disorder. Mr. Levitt began working for the Army as a civilian in 1946 and became deputy director of the international logistics director- ate of the Army Materiel Com- mand. In 1973, he moved to the Defense Department, retiring in 1979.
William Levitt, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., served in the Army during world War II. Mr. Levitt was a Fairfax County resident for many years before re- tiring to Seminole, Fla., in 1988. His wife of 57 years, Ruth Trow-
bridge Levitt, died in 2000. A son, Mark Levitt, died in 2003. Survivors include two children,
Kathryn Nugent of Burke and Robert Levitt of Portland, Ore., and four grandchildren.
— T. Rees Shapiro
to promote socially responsible industry and sustainable infra- structure projects, including wind energy in Latin America, waste management in Brazil and telecommunications in Russia. Ronald Ernst Müller was born
in New York and was a 1961 engi- neering graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He served in the Air Force in Germany until 1966, receiving the equivalent of a master’s degree in economics from the University of Munich. In 1970, he received a doctorate in economics from American University. Dr. Müller enjoyed sailing in
the Chesapeake Bay and had made two trans-Atlantic cross- ings, to Portugal and Finland. His first marriage, to the for- mer Carole Amor, ended in di- vorce. Survivors include his wife of 18 years, Cathy Khosrovian Müller, and a stepson, Victor Grigorians Müller, both of Arlington.
—Emma Brown
spire them to consider them- selves public servants. The out- ings, popular among the younger lawyers, became affectionately known as “Took tours.” Eldon Hubbard Crowell was born May 15, 1924, in Middle- town, Conn. He got his nickname as an infant from his father, a den- tist, who would hold him and say “Took, Took, Took” to make him smile.
During World War II, he served in the Army Air Forces as a cryp- tographer. He graduated from Princeton University with honors in 1948. He received a law degree from
the University of Virginia in 1951. Shortly afterward, he joined the D.C. firm of Cummings & Stanley, where he worked as an assistant to Homer Cummings, the U.S. at- torney general under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr. Cro- well continued to serve at that firm until 1970, when he joined the Washington office of Jones Day. He served on the boards of a number of groups and founda- tions and was a past board presi- dent of what is now Equal Justice Works, a nonprofit organization that promotes public service ca- reers for lawyers. He helped ex- pand the group’s postgraduate fellowship program from seven fellows in 1993 to more than 100 in 1998. In 1997, Mr. Crowell formed the
Took Trust, a charitable founda- tion that assists youths. His marriage to Mary “Mimi”
Griffin ended in divorce. He had no immediate survivors.
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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010
October 30, 1926 - May 28, 2009
Rest in peace dear one. All our love,
Wife Mary, Children,
INMEMORIAM
ERNEST R.CARROLL
CARROLL
Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren
LOGAN
ROBERT V. LOGAN,JR."Van" May 28, 1966 - May 26, 1998
Hi Van, Happy 44th Birthday. We miss you so much. Still loving you as always.
Love,Mom,Dad,Toni, BJ, Rob and Kris
DEATHNOTICE
LEOLA J.ANDERSON
ANDERSON
On May 22, 2010, Leola J. Anderson of Wash- ington,DC, devoted mother of Charlotte Ander- son and Cathy Bouknight. Family and friends will be received Saturday, May 29, 2010 at Hodges & Edwards Funeral Home, 3910 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, Md. at 10 a.m. Services thereafter.
BERSHAD
MARABERSHAD
other friends and relatives. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. at Adas Israel Synagogue, 2850 Quebec Street NW, Washington, DC. The family will be observing Shiva on Saturday, May 29 at 9 p.m. and on Sunday May 30 at 7:30 p.m., at the home of Roberta and Doug Colton, 4209 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Contributions to fund a pre-school music edu- cation program in her memory may be sent to: Director of Development, CentroNia, 1420 Columbia Road,NW,Washington,DC 20009.
CATOR
JUDITH CATOR (Age 69)
Of Alexandria, VA passed away on May 26, 2010.Ms. Cator was born and raised in Alexan- dria, where she graduated from GeorgeWash- ington High School and worked for the Depart- ment of theArmy as an Information Technology Specialist.
Ms. Cator is survived by her daughters, Debo- rah Sisson of Fredericksburg, VA and Karen VanSickle of Hughesville, MD; five grandchil- dren and her sister, Janice Montgomery of Newton, IA. Predeceased by her parents.
Ms. Cator enjoyed flower arranging, catering, reading, and spending time with family and friends. She was an active member of Cokes- bury United Methodist Church, where she served as President of United Methodist Women’s group and the Finance Chairwomen.
She will be remembered as a devoted mother, grandmother, and daughter. The family will receive friends at Mountcastle Funeral Home, 4143 Dale Blvd., Dale City, VA 22193 on June 1, 2010 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A Life Celebration will be held at Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 14806 Blackburn Rd. Woodbridge,VA 22191, June 2, 2010 at 2 p.m.
CEBALLOS
Mario Antonio Ceballos, J.D., Mayra Heredia, and Rebecca, Sarah, Samuel Jr., and Ashley Ceballos. Relatives and friends may call at BORGWARDT FUNERAL HOME, 4400 Powder Mill Rd., Beltsville, MD on Sunday, May 30, from 9 a.m. until time of service at 10 a.m. Interment private. Memorial contributions may be made to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, "Inter-American Division to be accredited to the Instituto Universitario Adventista de Venezuela", 8100 S.W. 117th Avenue, Miami, FL 33183-4827.
www.borgwardtfuneralhome.com
DE LAIN
JOAN M.DE LAIN (Age 83)
States in 1958. He subsequently became a U.S. citizen and an assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern Uni- versity’s medical school in Chica- go. He also completed further medical training at Cook County Hospital in Illinois and the Cleve- land Clinic in Ohio. His memberships included the American College of Rheumatol- ogy and the Hungarian Reformed Church of Washington. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Rita Munch Tesar of Beth- esda; a son, Thomas Tesar of Oak- land, Md.; and three grandchil- dren.
— Adam Bernstein
On Wednesday, May 26, 2010 of N.W. Wash- ington, DC. Born May 18, 1927 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Verna Dulik De Lain. During her working career, she held administrative posi- tions at several universities, among them the University of Wisconsin, Madison and the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She volun- teered at a number of cultural institutions in Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Washington, DC. She was sister of Ronald De Lain, Green Bay, WI, David De Lain,Vancouver,WA and Kathleen Buntin, Green Bay, WI. She was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters. Relatives and friends may call on Friday, May 28, 2010 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Stonecrest, 4201 43rd St., N.W. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Wisconsin Ave. at Yuma St., N.W., Washington, DC, Saturday, May 29 at 12 Noon. Burial will be in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD. Arrangements by DeVol.
DOUGLAS
ANITA ELIZABETH DOUGLAS
On Friday, May 21, 2010 of Aquasco, MD. She leaves to cherish a host of relatives and friends. Visitation will be held on Saturday, May 29, 2010 at ADAMS FUNERAL HOME,
Aquasco, MD from 8:30 a.m. until services 10 a.m. Interment St. Thomas Church Cemetery, Baden,MD.
FLEMING
JEFFERY BERNARD FLEMING
On Monday,May 24, 2010, JEFFERY B. FLEMING of Oxon Hill, MD entered into Eternal Rest. Devoted husband of Margaret; father of Jeffery, Jasmine, Jayla and Jaedyn. He also leaves his mother, Julia Middleton; stepfather, Alvin Middleton; brother, James Fleming,, Jr.; sister, JoAnn Fleming-Bundy and a host of relatives and friends. Friends may join the family on Saturday, May 29, 2010 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Mt. Joy Baptist Church, 514 - 4th St., SE, Washington, DC 20003. Services immediately following.
GOULD
SYLVIA GOULD
ing relatives and friends. Graveside funeral services will be held on Friday, May 28, 2010, 1 p.m. at Judean Memorial Gardens, Olney, MD. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bernard S. Gould Scholarship Fund, Central Scholarship Bureau, Inc., 1700 Reisterstown Rd., Suite 22, Baltimore, MD 21208. Arrange- ments entrusted to TORCHINSKY HEBREW FUNERAL HOME, 202-541-1001 (endorsed by the Rabbinical Council ofWashington).
On Thursday, May 27, 2010, SYLVIA GOULD of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved sister-in-law of Joan Gould. Loving aunt of Larry (Nancy) and Hal Gould and Kim (Chuck) Whittington; dear great-aunt of eight. Also survived by many lov-
Dr.ANTONIO A. CEBALLOS
On Tuesday, May 25, 2010; beloved husband of Teresa de Ceballos; loving father of Dr. Mario E. (Gloria), Dr. Jose Luis, Ruben and the late Samuel Ceballos; brother of Jose Margario Ceballos; grandfather of
OnWednesday May 26, 2010, Mara Bershad of Chevy Chase, Md., beloved mother of Sabrina, Audra, and Mirit Bershad-Shapiro. Also survived by brother, Blaine, sister Kara, and niece Elise and a host of
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