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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An IEP is made to support a students ability to access the curriculum. If your kid is in AP classes, they are more than accessing the curriculum.  Hence, no support required.[/quote]

This is absolutely false.

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Not PP you replied to, but it is what is actually practiced, due to prioritization of resources. Most students in academic difficulties will be in grade-level classes. Schools are not going to "waste" a para in an AP class to support one kid, if they can slot them in high school Algebra 1 where there are 15 kids with IEPs or 504s. Which is why schools often group kids with IEPs and 504s together in the same class and add their precious, precious, paraeducator.

It's only in situations like the GT/LD program, where there is a higher concentration of kids who need support AND who can access advanced coursework, that some AP classes might have a para. And even then, they can't cover every AP class. Maybe there's one for the entry-level AP US Gov that most kids take in 9th grade, for example. There probably isn't for AP Physics C.

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What you are documenting is illegal and I would file a complaint so fast they wouldn't know what hit them. The US dept of ed is very clear that school systems can not create disability islands of classes where all kids with disabilities are shoved in to one class.  Also your example re AP Physics is wrong.

Your attitude toward students with disabilities is disgusting. Not only are you ignorant, you are vile. [/quote]

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