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[quote=Anonymous]I would send a letter to the principal and the school board. 10:39 - I am so sorry for your son. I can not believe that any school would do this. Could you please post which MCPS elementary school did/does this?

Empathy is also a behavioral skill and one that school administrators should be learning themselves. The K-2 awards seem to be based on the learning skills not the academic skills. We have friends whose child gets mostly Os on the academic but can't get the I's due to the child's learning disability. Giving the child an accurate rating is important to maintain the IEP and services but the poor kid gets left off the school award each marking period. If almost every kids receives enough Is to get an award accept the ones with learning disabilities what on earth are these awards designed to do? They are not awarding excellence in any way for kids without learning disabilities since basically every neuro typical kid gets one. Its as if they were giving a medal in PE for every kid who could walk on two legs to the end of the gym and not giving one to the kid in the wheel chair because he can't get out of the chair. 
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