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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is wild. I am an elementary school
arts teacher who teaches everyone in the school, including kids with autism and nonverbal. I would 100% never kick a child. But I would 100% definitely have a Diet Pepsi on my desk after lunch. I think parents have an unrealistic sense of what a school looks like.[/quote]

As an arts teacher, you might not be seeing the most challenging situations. I know at my kids' school, paraeducators often float to students during specials. You have a very different environment than the home room.[/quote]

At our elementary, all kids of all ages are dropped off at their specials — no teacher, no para. So kids with autism, developmental delays, ODD, and more. No adult stays with them other than the art/music/PE teacher. My job would be so much easier with another adult in the room. [/quote]

Wow, that’s a lot. Is it a classic autism program? I know at our school the paras travel with the kids for specials. [/quote]

It’s illegal. Parents must not know or they would complain.[/quote]

I ask a lot of direct questions and I suspect I get lied to about this. There’s always heavy pauses when asked questions. [b]I believe people are being asked to lie so the district won’t be forced to pay for placement changes. [/b] It’s a very deep hole they’ve dug themselves in and paras/teachers are left to deal with it. And ultimately, the kids are robbed of a quality education[/quote]

No one will get private placement because their child didn’t have a para in specials, but the school will have to shuffle schedules to make sure going forward there’s one with each child that is entitled by their IEP. [/quote]

Of course it’s more complicated than that. But numerous violations such as not having paras or people not shuffling schedules could result in a placement change. But what I was referring to is that schools will cover their behinds before telling parents that they did not have coverage or one to one support. [/quote]

No one is getting private placement over anything remotely close to this. The school knows that- that's not why they're doing this.

Plus there isn't a claim the school doesn't have paraeducators. They just oddly aren't using them for specials.[/quote]

Ok. I guess the parents that I’ve spoken to about getting their children placed flat out lied about this being ONE of the many violations that helped them get private placement.[/quote]

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