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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS teacher here. A couple quick points before my DC needs to nurse and I can't type.
If you get HHT you would be only getting 4 periods a week. They send in a teacher to do math and science for an hour and half/week and another for english/social studies for another hour and a half. 
Frankly, I'm very surprised that they are entertaining a 504 unless everyone has agreed that this is a permanent condition. 
The curriculum is the curriculum. If you child is unable to do the work then she will not meet the standards for the course and will be ineligible for credit. A doctor's note does not supplant the curriculum. [/quote]

But, the curriculum is modified all the time for disabled students.... does every child in your class have to do every piece of work you assign?  Can a child skip the spelling homework as long as they take and pass the spelling test?  We know many kids with concussions who get excused from some of the homework, classwork and quizzes as long as they can demonstrate mastery on some key assessments.   A doctor's note isn't supplanting the curriculum, it is just explaining that the student has a disabling condition that requires the school to modify the work.

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My disabled child isn't able to perform physical tasks that are part of the meaningless busywork teachers often assign -- cutting out pictures, pasting, circling items, connect the dots, etc.  She is excused.  Why wouldn't this child with a concussion be?[/quote]

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