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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Google "Least Restrictive Environment" OP.

Hint, it applies to the non English speaking students and many of the behavior problems.

If you want this to happen, you would need to start at the federal level with your congressman, and work backwards from there [/quote]

[i]Per Google:

Federal special education law, or IDEA, has two important requirements for a child’s placement:

A child with an IEP should be with kids in general education to the “maximum extent that is appropriate.”

Special classes, separate schools, or removal from the general education class should only happen when a child’s learning or thinking difference — a “disability” under IDEA — is so severe that “supplementary aids and services can’t provide the child with an appropriate education.”

A key word here is appropriate. It means what’s suitable or right for kids. Sometimes, a specific service or program can’t be provided in a general education classroom. [/i]

When certain schools in the county have so many ESOL kids in a classroom that it prohibits native English speakers from advancing at the same rate as classrooms with fewer ESOL pupils, there is a problem. I'm not MAGA, I'm tired of putting up with sub-optimal education because the county refuses to put ESOL kids (not just Hispanic by the way, there are many languages across Fairfax County) into full English immersion classes to get them to a point where they can read, write, and speak English at the same level as their native-English speaking peers. Kids CANNOT learn if they can't understand the teacher, and when they don't understand what's going on, they grow bored, and then become disruptive. This is a simple fact, not a dog whistle. [/quote]

You might be "right" but you are very incorrect in your interpretation of this federal law.

Segregation from the general population is only alllwed for the kids so severely mentally or emotionally handicapped that their specialized care can only be provided in a self contained setting.

A kid from Guatemala intruding in your kid's ideal classroom does not qualify for a self contained classroom and cannot be isolated from your English speaking child's class.[/quote]

If it were one ESOL kid from anywhere then the principles behind mainstreaming would hold, but in many schools across the county native English speakers are the minority in the classroom, and sometimes only. In those cases, the classroom is a defacto ESOL remedial environment which is hindering the progress of the English speaking student(s). You think this doesn't exist? Pay a visit to some of the elementary schools in the Mason District where ESOL is off the charts, and then talk to the parents of the native English speakers to see how they feel about the in-class experience. Then look at what's happening (or not) to real estate values in those parts of the county. There is no reason why education should become a real estate issue if ALL kids are ACTUALLY receiving equal opportunities. [/quote]

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