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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My point (it was my post) was that these kids are clearly NOT disabled.  I was asking, are these kids "special needs?"  People confuse the two, and I think sometimes deliberately.  It really obfuscates the issue, which is that there is a group of children who will never be taught by DCPS, because they are considered "excessively privileged" already.  Many of these kids' families cannot afford to take the measures necessary to care for their educational needs, so the kids just ride along on their own.  Some succeed, some don't.

Their numbers are very small, so they have no real political clout.  They have no "disability" status, so they have no real legal clout. [b] While IDEA itself may be the wrong choice of programs, there is no sound reason to go about shooting down proposals because they were slightly misdirected.  [/b]Instead, it makes a whole lot more sense to understand what we can, so that we can redirect those proposals more productively.[/quote]

The reason everyone is shooting down your proposal is because using IDEA won't work for your purpose...  so you can go about redirecting your energies into channels that will work instead of wasting your time.  :roll: [/quote]

Once again, :roll: it was not my proposal, nor am I defending it.  I'm just listening to those who proposed it, because I agree with the intent.  The use of IDEA is obviously not correct (legally), but the idea is right.  You may be an extremist, but I am not.  I understand both sides, and choose a middle path.[/quote]

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