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[quote=Anonymous]If that’s true it’s outrageous. But I feel compelled to weigh in as a counselor in MCPS. I’ve fought tooth and nail for kids’ right to interventions and have failed to secure services for kids whose parents didn’t show up or understand the processes; whose minority status disqualified them (illegally) because the school felt pressure not to code black kids, and meanwhile, plenty of white wealthy families buy a diagnosis and get a 504 plan if not an IEP. Parents in the know want a plan because their kid gets extended time etc. I’ve never heard of a teacher wanting an IEP so they wouldn’t get blamed for low scores or so they could boot the kid out and into a self-contained classroom. Counselors are usually the ones driving the train, and they don’t have a dog in the fight other than helping the child. Other parents in the class don’t have a right to any of this confidential information, and they definitely can’t dictate what the school does to accommodate another child’s special needs. If anything, plans create more work for teachers, but they like them because at least there’s targeted instruction and it’s helpful to know the kid’s area of struggle. Plus, they might get an extra teacher in the classroom if the kid’s plan calls for it. Long way of saying I think kids NOT getting services they need is a much bigger problem than teachers forcibly coding kids to evade responsibility. I have honestly never seen that or suspected that behavior in15 years in the county.[/quote]

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