Yearbook & Self Contained Classes

[Anonymous]

Definitely don’t think the kids should be excluded. They were included with the general ed home room and then an additional section was provided that listed them under the heading of the self-contained class with the teacher’s name. There were ELS, ILS, and SLS classes.

It may be obvious that some kids are in self-contained like the ILS class but a few in the SLS might not have wanted to be separated. I always thought it was up to the parents to give permission to display their child’s disability.

Just curious if this normally happens.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe this still happens. What district? If it's MCPS they need to provide guidance to schools about how to handle this because there have been so many horrible yearbook incidents like this. I know a school that left the self-contained kids out entirely. Other schools have not included them in their grade level pictures. It makes no sense.

These school districts have many different programs but no one seems to leave out the kids in the gifted programs. Why is it always the kids with special needs that they forget about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it a violation to display the kids in a self contained classroom in the school yearbook? I was shocked to see this in elementary school yearbook when I thought kids with IEPs were entitled to their privacy.

Does this happen at most schools that have yearbooks and self contained classrooms?

No, not normal. Our school has multiple programs and no one is broken out like this.

[Anonymous]

Our are listed on a separate page with the teacher’s name. It doesn’t said Special Education or anything but the whole school knows which classes are self contained. It’s not a secret or anything.

[Anonymous]

If kids are in a self-contained classroom that is not sine grade sorted (e.g., CES K-2), any class title is going to make it clear the class is self-contained. You could just say Ms C’s class, but every other class says Mr Y’s 5th grade class, so that’s awkward too. If the class is called the Learning Support class, I don’t see the problem honestly. Everyone in the building knows the kids are in a self-contained class. It’s not a secret. To exclude them entirely would be different and horrible. But I don’t think you need to shape the entire yearbook around making sure they’re not identifiable either.

[Anonymous]

^^ not SINGLE grade sorted