July 1, 2008

Parents Address City

RE:  Complaint Investigation #08.095C, “Parent & Parent v. Penobscot County CDS” (Consolidated with #08.083C & #08.086C, “In Re Penobscot County CDS”)

Dear Parent and Parent:

On June 30, 2008, the Maine Department of Education Due Process Office received from you a request for a complaint investigation on behalf of your son, student.

Pursuant to Commissioner Susan Gendron’s June 23, 2008 letter to Attorney Diane Smith (copied to you as one of the petitioning families in the above mentioned “In Re Penobscot County CDS”), your individual complaint investigation request is consolidated with complaint investigations #08.083C and #08.086C and will be individually addressed by Penobscot County CDS.

I am forwarding to Erica Thompson the complaint investigation request from you so that she may proceed with the arrangements for an IEP Team meeting within 30 days of our June 30, 2008 receipt of your request for a complaint investigation.

If you have questions about the contents of this letter, please contact me at 624-
6646.  Thank you. Sincerely,

Susan J. Parks
Due Process Consultant

Cc:	Karen Farber, Advocate
Cindy Brown, Co-Director, Penobscot County CDS
Liz Keach, Co-Director, Penobscot County CDS Erica Thompson, Distinguished Educator, State CDS
Debra Hannigan, Director, State CDS & Board Chair of Penobscot County CDS Sarah Forster, Esq., Assistant Attorney General
Susan Gendron, Commissioner
Pauline Lamontagne, Esq., Coordinator, Due Process