? about special ed. transport requirements

[Guest guest]

Everyone,

Are there specific regulations regarding the transportation of

special education students to their assigned schools?

We received our placement letter from Macomb Intermediate Schools

today, and it informed us that was being moved from Harvey

Elementary to Fillmore Elementary. The reason quoted by the AI

program's vice principal was that Fillmore was closer to our home

than Harvey.

I mapped out the distances from our house to both schools, and found

out that the vice principal was incorrect on distance. Harvey is

3.78 miles from our home, and Fillmore is 4.17. He can go to Harvey,

she said, but the MISD is unwilling to transport him, so we'd have to

do so ourselves.

That seems to indicate that Harvey should be his school of

assignment, just as it was during the last school year. Do they

judge distance differently than the rest of us, perhaps by bus route

distance?

If anyone knows the regulations governing this area, please respond

and help me counter whatever MISD is trying to do.

Thanks,

Dan