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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Parents of Children with Disabilities —OSEP Wants To Know Your
Opinion!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Dear Parents,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'>The </span></font><font
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'> US Department of Education's </span></font><font
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'>Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) </span></font><font
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'> in </span></font><font color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'>Washington, DC is visiting
Missouri’s Department of </span></font><font face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE),
Division of Special Education </span></font><font color=black
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'>for
a verification visit to learn how the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) is working for Missouri families and their children.</span></font><font
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'>OSEP has
asked that parents take a brief survey (see links below) to share their
experiences. </span></font><font face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:
"Century Gothic"'>Please participate in OSEP’s collection of data by
taking the survey, either online or in a printed format. OSEP’s Part B
survey may be found online at:<font color=blue><span style='color:blue'> </span></font></span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=qjQE1m2QbCeiV83aa3d7ug_3d_3d">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=qjQE1m2QbCeiV83aa3d7ug_3d_3d</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Part C survey may be found online at:<font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'> </span></font></span></font><a
href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=eL7VNYGT5GUi8KMWn8ecBQ_3d_3d">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=eL7VNYGT5GUi8KMWn8ecBQ_3d_3d</a><font
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'> You may have
received this letter from an MPACT staff member in person. Please fill out the
attached survey and return it to the staff member, or mail it to the MPACT
state office or FAX to 816 531-4777. </span></font><em><b><i><font color=black
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Responses are confidential: names, counties and email or
postal addresses will not be used and results will be presented in summary
form.</span></font></i></b></em><font color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'> </span></font><em><i><font
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'> </span></font></i></em><font color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'> </span></font><font
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'>Your opinion is valuable and will help OSEP evaluate the impact of
IDEA. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'>We look
forward to hearing from you and thank you for your</span></font><font
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'> assistance in
providing information to OSEP that may assist them in their verification visit
of MO-DESE’s Division of Special Education!</span></font><font
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Please return to us by September 7th, 2009.</span></font></b><font
color=black face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:black'> If you have questions, please feel free to call us at 816
531-7070 or toll free at 800-743-76234.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black'>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";font-weight:bold'><img
border=0 width=216 height=51 id="Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01CA267C.EE387CC0" alt="Signature 2"></span></font></b><font
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Mary Kay Savage<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Original
Message<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Mary Kay Savage
[mailto:msavage@ptimpact.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 26, 2009
3:14 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'hatfield'; 'Amy Allison';
Borgmeyer, Donna<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> FW: OSEP surveys<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Importance:</span></b> High<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>We have been charged with getting this
letter and two surveys to parents<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'> </span></i></b>by OSEP. We need to collect and
summarize<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></i></b>survey
data and comments<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></i></b>and
submit to OSEP by September 14<sup>th</sup>. The surveys have been posted on
Survey Monkey; the links are included in the attached letter. We are asking for
your assistance in disseminating the letter to as many list serves, parents and
parent support groups as possible and the letter will go up on our Facebook
site(s), and our website - <a href="http://www.ptimpact.org">www.ptimpact.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#993366" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks, <a name="Mary_Kay_Savage"></a><font color="#993366"><span
style='color:#993366'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color="#993366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#993366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#993366'><img border=0 width=250 height=150
id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CA267C.EE387CC0" alt="Mary Kay Savage"></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="www.ptimpact.org%20%20%20%20">www.ptimpact.org </a> <i><font
color=red><span style='color:red;font-style:italic'>Please note our website has
changed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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