Linda I am from Kansas City too. Moved there as a child. I didn't know you were from there.
INTERESTING Co-inky-dink! I met up with a really nice lady today whose son has Downs at the pool today and we begna talking kid stuff. Turns out she "works for the disabled, for the state." SHE told me aobut school districts here ... (she mostly knows north of the river).
To my surprise, she DID NOT THINK MUCH of Liberty (which has a great rep in general), for Special Ed.! She has heard VERY good things about Blue Springs and so had I ... NO mention of Lee's Summit's quality of Special Ed however.
I DO know, JoCo is generally no prize (allegedly best schools in the metro area). Though I have heard Olathe is okay ...
We are in Park Hill District, I have always heard good things about it and am happy so far (dd only jsut finished KG, though!).
Real estate is VERY cheap here!
Dh wants to move back to MO. He is from Blue Springs. I lived in Independence for about 5 years and moved back home to WA.
We can't afford it much longer here. So I am looking at moving within the next couple of years. Which school districts are the best for special ed? Not just for autism, since Jacob is mainstreamed and doing great--so far. But for learning disabilities. My 11y needs lots of help--total spec ed next year for middle school. (reading, writing, math, language, etc)
I heard Liberty was good? Or Lee's Summit?
I want the best! Which district?
How's that southern part - down by all of those Samuel Clemmon's national forest lands. Can people actually live down there? Any small cities worth mentioning in that region? Is it 'vacationland' or a backwater, or something in-between?I've heard it is GORGEOUS but so far we have not really gone there.
Jefferson City looks nice.
Have NOT seen Branson since, like 1974 but it is VERY commercial.
For short trips we like the Flint Hills of KS.
It definitely is not all "flyover country!"
I plan to print this off. I recently moved to MO (my husband took a job with a company located here).
Linda, may I pm you and ask some ????
Please do!Oh, as a runner, I want to be anywhere near this. perfect.Yeah, we always said we do the Katy Trail when we were bike-riding. Kids intervened, alas!Lidna I moved here at 15 and never left. Went through a couple yrs at SM East (UGH!).
Where do you live, now -- I did not think it was here ...
Yessir. KC.
Or stem cell research ... or a LOT of other things I consider important! Our current Gov. (aka Slash and Burn) instated a graduated, income-based copay for EI.
But special ed., eeeeeeey! They got it!
Linda, you're in MO?Thanks, WI!
From what I have seen, MO is already doing GREAT!
The following article was published yesterday. It discusses what Missouri is doing to help children with autism.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1223001.html
Wow you have gotten around!
It is a nice place to live and when traveling I always tell potential tourists, nah you would not be interested in anything there ... LOL.
KS definitely has a bad rep -- I LOVE the Flint Hills! Fascinating. Btu some of the politics ... oy!
I grew up there and lived there until I married the first time and moved to texas, and then when that ended went back to KC and my family. Then I married a military man, so I left ks for good when I was 34 and moved to SC, and then DC, and now tampa. I talk about going back but DH has no interest in moving to ks. LOL! Guess I can't say I blame him, I think it gets a bad rep. My parents are gone now but my sisters still live there. I suspect they always will.