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DP with example from last year (4th grade) I've shared in the past.  We are in western FCPS.  I had a parent teacher conference with my gen ed kid's teacher in late, late January.  Teacher admitted to me what my kid had told me: she had not met with his reading group since December.  She had them working independently because it takes so much time to get the other groups back on track especially after breaks and snow days.  She is a good, seasoned teacher stretched too thin.  Part of the issue is that Teachers are pulled into so many dang meetings (for IEPs, work sessions, etc.) that suck time away during the school day.  The issue isn't always bad teachers.  It is the system.

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DP from Western Fairfax: We had a similar experience where I asked my child if the teacher was meeting with him or in a group for LA and the answer was no. I noticed the same writing mistakes in his stories. He said the teacher was busy working with the other kids. I went in to volunteer to find many children who were just beginning to read and write. (This was 2nd grade.) We ended up referring and my child got in. Much better experience in AAP. Surrounded by kids who read similar books, etc., involved parents. Also, the kids would be encouraged take an assignment to the next level. [/quote]

Another Western Fairfax parent here with the exact same experience. The AART is great, but she's part time and was obviously stretched thin. Between snow days and meetings, Level III pullouts were not once a week, as they were supposed to be. There were more than a few kids who were not at all prepared for the looming SOLs and the teacher spent a ton of time trying to get them to the bare minimum level. Some of the kids who got SpEd services had serious behavior issues and the IA who was supposed to work with them kept getting pulled to cover for local screening and to cover when other teachers were out and there were no available substitutes. I'm somewhat surprised that to my knowledge 1. No parents have raised hell about their kids not getting the Level III services they're supposed to get and 2. No parents of kids who are required by law to get a certain # of SpEd hours have raised hell about the IA getting pulled. With the former group, a lot probably just end up going to the center (we did). I'm not too sure about the latter group.[/quote]

The parents of kids with ieps aren’t told when their kid doesn’t get the required services. That’s why.[/quote]

PP here. I don’t know...there were some upset parents at my kids’ school last year who raised a stink about this after their kids told them they hadn’t been getting pull-out SpEd services for a couple weeks. By third or fourth grade, kids are old enough to notice when the schedule is different or their usual teacher or para isn’t there. [/quote]
My daughter receives SPED services. She doesn't necessarily know how many hours or the exact type of support she receives. We ask questions like, "did [blank] meet with you today?" Some parents assume everything is fine if the kid is happy and grades are OK. Separate from AAP pull-outs, SPED hourly support is sometimes tied to the month - not week - making it more difficult to track.[/quote]

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