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Janitors in the UAW get paid $20 + an hour, just like the line workers...
As a former Occupational Therapist who worked and volunteered in a lot of sheltered workshops over the years, this program is not the least bit unusual. The point is to teach jobs at the student's skill level. For some it's food service, for others it is stuffing envelopes. If a student hated a job or a parent was opposed to that job, then I see no problem with shuffling them around. The reality though, is that there are not a lot of companies willing to work with Special Ed schools to provide these job opportunities. I recall that Dominos did, our local hospital did and a few other local companies did. In my experience (and I'm not at that school, so I don't know for sure) we tried very hard to match people up with jobs they would be good at so that they could be successful.
Dee
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