That's not CPS's job.. |
Thank you for illustrating my point. I'm not sure how the pp missed posts like yours. |
Yes, MCPS regularly and flagrantly violates IDEA. But legally it is quite clear that if supports and services can be effective for a child in the gen-ed environment, then that is LRE. |
I don't disagree that this is the substance of IDEA, but I do disagree that our society should make this the standard. Any child who needs 1:1 support in order to be in a classroom does not belong there. Bring back special schools that could both meet the needs of these kids and make learning possible for everyone else. |
Even if the 1:1 would be effective in a gen-ed classroom? Why? |
A 1:1 for a student that has a serious medical issue or needs the work drastically modified but benefits from the social aspects like a student who is cognitively low but well behaved might make sense. But for a student with a serious behavior issue that is physically attacking other students and multiple teachers so seriously that others are getting concussions and needing multiple stapes in the head then a 1:1 is not appropriate. It is not a natural environment for an adult to follow a student around and essentially do whatever the student wants. The student realizes they run the show and now have an adult who does what they want. The student has learned there is absolutely nothing the school to do to them, they can do whatever they want. That is a scary feeling for a student. The student wants to leave the class and wander around or not return from the playground, well now there is an adult "supervising" the student. The student makes a mess of the classroom and the aid ends up picking it up. The student wants to rage in the classroom the aide helps evacuate the class. That is a crazy amount of power that is granted to a 6 year old. It is just appeasing an out of control student acting like a toddler. It is much more restrictive having an adult follow student around than a student being in a class for student who are emotionally disturbed with 6 or 7 other students. Unless the student is put on medication to treat the impulsiveness and aggression, having a one to one really never works out for really out of control students. It is really tragic that so many other students have to suffer watching their teacher and classmates get attacked, never knowing what is going to set off the out of control kid. So many kids end up terrified, with nightmares, they start acting out at home where it is safe, etc. There are some resilient students who can cope but so many really aren't coping. Imaging going to work in an office and you have a co-worker who attacks others. How would you feel about going to work everyday? |
You seem to be imagining scenarios where a 1:1 doesn't work. What if it does? And how is it more restrictive when the alternative for a lower elementary child would be a self-contained program where they'd either still have a 1:1 or perhaps a 1:2? |
NP. In my kid's ES, there are few kids with behavior issues that have shadows. These kids came to the school as new students for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade from sone other schools. One of these kids has punched another kid at recess, uses racist terms casually, caused lockdowns in school and runs out of the classroom, tries to run out of the school and all teachers in nearby classrooms have to rush to detain him. He is not in my kid's grade.
Three are 2 in my kid's class and out of them, one is low key behavior issues and looks like if gets a break during meltdowns he is is fine. The other one apparently uses swear words, racist terms, in front of kindergarten kids too, and gets into fights routinely. He disrespects the shadow person who stays with him in class. The school pretty much lets these kids do whatever they want and the shadow has to follow them around. If they want to walk out of class, they are free to do so and they roam the hallways. Other than the ones with low key behavior issues, I'm not sure if 1:1 does anything helpful other than disrupt the rest of the school and expose other kids to profanity and racism. There was a survey and kids were allowed to rate the school. Mine said that if not for these trouble maker kids, them and their classmates would have rated the school higher. |
OP here- I wanted to share some updates. We have not had any further violent incidents and the principal seems to be doing all she can. Many parents got individual phone calls and she sounded like she was working as hard as she could.
One interesting item we heard was the kid in question had their tonsils out and is now behaving much better. I am hopeful that now the kid is on a much better trajectory. It sounds like they are getting the medical care needed. Many people in the community and school seem to reacting positively and earnestly to this situation. I am hopeful we are seeing a positive trend. |
I knew this was fake from the start. |
It’s not ok to shame or out kids here. |
Think about it. The tonsils made him do it? You can't be that gullible. |
Holy mcps coverups Batman |
+1 Never understood why these posts are not deleted. You're out of line OP. |
I'll buy the argument that tonsils played a part. Getting better sleep after the surgery probably helps the underlying issue. |