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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Office of Civil Right’s investigation “found that the School Division inappropriately reduced and limited services provided to students with disabilities, based on considerations other than the students’ individual educational needs, and failed to adequately remedy these denials of FAPE.” OCR said it also “identified concerns with staffing shortages and other administrative obstacles that may have limited the School Division’s provision of FAPE, as well as its ability to sufficiently track its FAPE services."

So FCPS was unable to provide FAPE because of staffing shortages and other obstacles - because there was a pandemic.  [/quote]

I have saved an email from the school reading specialist who was working 1-on-1 with my daughter per her IEP that basically said she couldn’t do the 1-on-1 virtually because she was watching her own children.

It still makes me laugh that she put it in writing and thought that was a valid reason to not do her job.

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Long before the pandemic a colleague of mine was trying to work from home while watching her toddler because her nanny was sick. Her climbed out of a window that day and fell to her death. The teacher was being honest. Give her a break. I am a SN parent too and I didn't expect anyone to be superhuman. Her kids matter too and not every teacher can afford to hire a babysitter during a pandemic!

I think kids with SN suffered terribly, but I think SN teachers will burn out right and left doing these IEP meetings. I have found so much that is already in the IEP a waste. I will probably opt out of an additional meeting. We are lucky we could afford to pay for tutoring and other supplemental services. ST is at the school is totally useless-private has been much better. OT is mediocre. I know many people don't have the option to pay for extra services and I hope the school serves them well.[/quote]

OMG. Not comparable.[/quote]

Yes, comparable. Children need supervision. Horrible things can happen when they don't have proper supervision. Have some empathy for the teacher.[/quote]

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