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[quote=Anonymous]Schools are in a hard position, they are expected to provide services to every kid who needs them regardless of the cost. SPED is a huge percentage of a schools budget now and it is only getting worse due to poor behaviors from kids who have parents not parenting and having outbursts.

Schools are trying to make the system work with band aids and are incentivized to not provide services for kids. If you have a kid on grade level, even if that is a C, with a learning issue, you are not likely to get an IEP without a serious fight. DS had a whole word stutter and articulation issues in K. The speech therapist said that his testing showed he was advanced so he was not eligible for speech at school because there was no impact on his ability to learn. His K teacher fought that, she could see where the stutter and articulation would impact his ability to participate in the future. We got lucky and he was placed in speech, he was there until 6th grade.

There are reasons for advocates and lawyers, some schools are notoriously stingy with providing services because they don't have the staff/money to handle the needs. It sucks for the school, the kids, and the parents. There are also people who abuse the system or insist that their kid has to have accommodations that are expensive and not necessary. Parents forget that the goal is to get kids on grade level and not to work with them to reach their full potential. The latter is the ideal, but the schools simply cannot do that. Plenty of kids can be at grade level with 504s and not IEPs but there are kids who need the specialized services. Public schools are in a crappy place because teachers want to help kids reach their potential but there is not enough money to do that. [/quote]

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