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[quote=Anonymous]Sigh...In response to the just-let-them-be-average-&-happy commentaries, not all students are [i]happy[/i] with that -- some need to stretch more to keep engaged and are decidedly [i]unhappy[/i] otherwise.

[quote=Anonymous]Kids have different educational needs within the instructional bailiwick assigned to K-12 public education.  County, state and national laws, policies & regulations define requirements for meeting these needs.  Though school systems, schools and teachers can, and, in many cases, do, provide for more than that which is required, they are not always perfect in meeting the requirements, themselves.

When that is the case, it is within the rights of students and their families to request that the fulfillment gap be addressed.  If they find resistance to a school's doing so, it is within their rights to escalate, either within the school system or without, to ensure that requirements are met.

If a need is not addressed by a requirement, it is within the rights of students and their families to advocate either for the need to be met by the school/school system independent of a requirement or for a new requirement to be created by one of the noted avenues for doing so.

Among these requirements are those for students with special needs. 
One example would be a student who requires accommodation for visual impairment.  There are a number of laws, policies and regulations at all three levels that address this.

Maryland state law requires schools to identify gifted needs among students and to meet those needs.  MCPS policies and regulations mirror this.  Not all families know this.  Not all schools adhere to the spirit.  The more that families become aware, and the more they exercise their rights to request/escalate/advocate, the better schools will become at addressing the need.[/quote][/quote]

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