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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The entire issue is insane, everywhere in any school in MCPS where there are learning centers. The kids needs CANNOT be met in a normal school. Why are we torturing them and putting their safety at risk, while compromising the education of NT students? They need special accommodations. That includes staff and also buildings where the doors can be locked so they don't bolt, and where they have lots of extra things they actually enjoy. The system as is is a farce.[/quote]

Learning Centers didn't used to be this way. They have gradually become a dumping ground. Part of the problem was the Maryland law change in 2017 that prohibited school systems from taking students off diploma track without parent consent unless they sued the family in due process. It used to be that if a student met the legal requirements for certificate track, school systems could take them off diploma track and parents would have to sue and prove that it was not appropriate, otherwise it would go into effect. Now it's flipped.

The problem is that Learning Centers are the last stop on the diploma track train, the most restrictive and supportive placement you can get while still being on diploma track. So if a child is really more appropriate for the LFI or SCB or Classic Autism classes, but either the parents are in denial about the severity of the disability or the school is too chicken to be honest and wants the path of least resistance, the child will be dumped in a Learning Center class. Which isn't staffed for those levels of needs, because in theory the program is not designed for that, and has basically has become diploma track in name only. The whole thing is a farce. [/quote]

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