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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It isn’t one kid. These days it’s 1/4 of the class or more. [/quote]

This is the problem.  In my 5th period gen ed class of 30 high school students, I have 11 504s for adhd. All of them have the accommodation of "preferential seating near the point of instruction, away from distractions".  I'd love for you to make my seating chart.[/quote]

Exactly. And this is precisely why we ended up pulling one of our kids out of a highly rated charter school (HRCS). It really felt like a full third of the class had an IEP, 504, or some other accommodation that needed to be navigated daily. We’re not begrudging the children or their families — every child is who they are, in all their beautiful and complex dimensions — but the cumulative weight of trying to meet so many competing needs in one classroom was undeniable.

For our child, who I guess you’d call neurotypical, it felt like he was never really the focus of instruction or support. Not in a resentful way — he was often amused by the “excitement” in class — but the overall environment was unfocused and not conducive to learning. It just didn’t work. And while it’s great in theory to have inclusive classrooms where all students learn to engage with difference, in practice it created a setting that simply didn’t meet our child’s needs.

We moved him to a private parochial school. It’s not high-SES by any means, but the classrooms feel… normal. Not perfect. Just normal. There’s not the same sense that the teacher is constantly trying to juggle a dozen different individual education plans while still trying to teach a coherent lesson. And yes, the school is upfront that it cannot accommodate many special needs — which sadly, or perhaps realistically, makes a big difference in the classroom dynamic.

Our son might say it’s a little less exciting, but even he recognizes that it’s a much better learning environment. And we’re relieved.[/quote]

The answer to any public school issue on DCUM is always a religious school.  Except no one highlights Jewish schools or Muslim schools.  It is always private Christian/Catholic schools.  And no one ever mentions the sexual abuse scandals when they post their praises for these schools.

Another way, Project 2025 is infiltrating.  Crosses UNITE![/quote]

And Wiccan schools get no love too. [/quote]

Ummm hmmm.  Where do you live where those exist?[/quote]

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