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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help. [/quote]

The bigger iissue is that whether it’s right or fair to the other kids, the IEP kids have way more legal rights than kids without IEPs and often their parents are very well-versed in disability law. The whole situation has gone off the rails - of course students with disabilities should have rights and an education but IDEA/LRE has not done enough to protect the rights of non-disabled children. Too many kids are “mainstreamed” that should be in a self-contained environment. [/quote]

Before IDEA/LRE, kids with any issues could be placed in a special class that ended up acting like a warehouse where none of the kids learned. Any type of learning issue or slightly disruptive behavior could be a ticket to no real education. The law was supposed to prevent that from happening.

Somehow that has turned into a situation where parents who want to deny their kid has issues can make it hard to move a kid into a specialized class and parents with kids who are cognitively 3 when they are physically 13 think that the schools should be pouring money into specialized programs so that their kid can learn to read. The public schools became responsible for the care and welfare of severely disabled kids who don’t have the ability to learn, kids with severe emotional needs, kids with moderate to minor learning issues and general education. The cost for education skyrocketed.

There is no space in the SPED classes because there is no oney to pay for the Teachers and Aides because we are “educating” everyone, including kids who cannot be educated. And yes, I know typing that is awful but instead of using different funds to care for kids who cannot learn, we are spending education dollars to pay for medical services, personal care services, and education services. That limits the money and spaces for kids with emotional and learning issues who could learn if provided the proper settings. That pushes into the regular classroom and limits the ability for kids without learning or emotional issues to learn. [/quote]

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