Letters

I wrote the Office of Civil Rights in February 2025. During the time when I was to meet with an investigator, present evidence and see what could be done, a snag happened. President Donald Trump’s administration began letting go individuals, some relocated, and soon after closed the New York office and many others that March. I never got my meeting.

Now the administration seems to see the errors of its ways and is essentially begging for workers, who are taking legal action to fight for their jobs, to come back to the OCR office on a “temporary” basis due to the vast backlog of cases. That is approximately 250 employees; 137 employees were let go during October with the government shutdown and were reinstated as part of the deal with the funding crisis.

Believe it or not, this is a great resource for families, and even more so for families with children with disabilities. I already wrote them about the goings-on at Amagansett School.

Still here.

Joe Karpinski

Amagansett