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Sky Channel stopwork meeting September 2
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In the mainstream but Isolated

Montgomery parents say moving their sixth-grade daughter from special education center to mainstream classes has had a negative impact upon girl's learning and social development.

Victoria Miresso cannot button a shirt, match a sock or tell one school bus from another. Yet at Roberto Clemente Middle School in Germantown, she is expected to function much like any other sixth-grader, coping with class changes, algebra quizzes and lunchroom bullies.

Victoria's parents say she is a victim of inclusion: a trend, in Montgomery County and across the nation, toward shutting down traditional special education classes and placing special-needs students in regular classrooms at neighborhood schools.

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