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[quote=Anonymous]I am not sure it’s against the law, because it’s a selective magnet, and not a base school. Kids have to opt in, and if they do, they know they have to complete the entire curriculum.

If your kid has an intellectual disability and can’t do the work, they don’t get to go to TJ and get a SPED curriculum.

If you kid goes below a 3.0, they can be dropped back to the base school.

If they have an emotional disability and can’t manage stress, they don’t get to go to TJ and have fewer assignments or easier grading or fewer classes.

If your kid is tone deaf, they don’t get to go to a selective music magnet and skip the instrument playing part.

If your kid has auditory processing issues, they don’t get to go to a foreign Language immersion magnet and insist that they be educated in English.

And if your kid has health issues and can only be in the classroom halftime, they don’t get to go to TJ and skip required group projects, required lab assignments, required presentations, required tests, required in class discussions or not completed the  required classes, etc.

As a magnet, TJ gets to only educate kids who can make reasonable progress in the areas essential to its educational mission. It will make minor tweaks for disabilities— like wheelchair use, some extended time on certain tests, an assistant for deaf children. But, it will not water down the requirements.

You can sue. But I doubt you will win if you are asking them to compromise on core academic requirements. Your kid can still get a FAPE— in their base school.   [/quote]

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