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[quote=Anonymous]It was interesting to estimate how many students get accommodations. My son had a 504 plan since kindergarten for a mild hearing loss.

In 9th grade when he took one AP class he realized who had accommodations because they put all the kids with extra time in one room. When he took AP exams he realized even more kids received accommodations. He started getting added how he was able to get extra time and at least 2-3 parents tried to broach the topic with me.

By 11th grade he said there was a massive number of kids who were separated to get extra time. Many had straight A’s (he said because they would comment on their GPA’s) and a couple were kids who had asked him how to get extra time.

My son doesn’t care how many kids get extra time, what has affected him is he gets preferential seating to sit in front and with his better ear toward the teacher. He finds it helpful to watch the teachers mouth. There are so many students with preferential seating teachers in high school would tell him it wasn’t always possible for him to be in the front row when over 1/4 of the students in a class have accommodations. [/quote]

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