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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is in pre-k at a DCPS.  There is a child with special needs in the class and the school said at the beginning of the year they were trying to find a specialized placement for him.

Now the school says the child's parents are refusing to put the child in special ed.

It has been very disruptive for the class and looking ahead to kindergarten and beyond, what is DCPS policy for this situation?  Does it vary from school to school?  [b]At a certain point, the child won't be able to meet any academic benchmarks, but maybe that doesn't matter in DCPS[/b].

I thought I would ask here.  Please do not lecture me on being elitist or awful, I'm really just asking to be informed, and it has not been good for the class or the child, who clearly needs more support.[/quote]

Yikes. Have you even met a teacher? I don't know any teacher that doesn't care about their kids' progress. But what are they supposed to do if a parent refuses services? Do you want the school to start doing things to your kid that YOU don't authorize? [/quote]

OP here, yes that was a bad way of phrasing it.  I just wondered if it becomes "student X can't read at grade level, therefore they are moved to a special education class".  Obviously I was wrong and it's addressed through federal law.  I really just didn't know.  thank you for this perspective. [/quote]
As a parent of a child with a learning disability - I BEGGED the school for more services as they were not reading at grade level.
Do you know how hard it is for a child who is not getting the services they need to be in the classroom? 
Imagine you are in a classroom and you can't read the flipchart - but you are expected to stay focused on the flipchart for morning meeting - every day. 
Imagine there is quite reading time and there are no books in the classroom library that are at your reading level.

Please show a little more compassion for this child and their family.[/quote]

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