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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain the incentives ? In the IEP meeting the one who seemed against an IEP for my child was the principal. She seemed personally irritated by it. In the body language of the teacher I could see she was afraid of saying anything that the principal could interpret as ammunition we parents could use for an IEP. She genuinely seemed scared of saying the truth and was tiptoeing and sharing nervous glances. It was a weird dance to witness.

We did get the IEP for dyslexia (the special Ed teacher was on our side + we were the annoying “rich” parents who came in with external private evaluation). I was expecting having to convince the team  but I didn’t expect to feel that level of tension in the room. I could see something else was going on.

So, could teachers or people who know better on this forum explain to me the details ? What is the Budget impact for the school? What happens if they have too many IEPs? Why is it better for principals to limit them ? Do they have a specific % target ? Get penalized if too many?

Explanation I was given was : no it is not a budget issue as IEP come with Moco budget not school budget, but principal cares because the IEP tracking takes work so they want to avoid the burden on Special Ed teacher and classroom teacher if not necessary. That’s the explanation I got from the principal (which is a reasonable explanation but didn’t match the level of tension in the room) [/quote]

At our school the IEP kids get everything. It's the regular kids that are ignored.[/quote]

This is such a white supremacy culture outlook on things.  That everything is a competition for resources (not to mention defensiveness and power hoarding, etc. etc.)[/quote]

I k now but it's sad when your kid doesn't have a reading group in months whereas many seem to have them soverla times a week. It would be nice if it were ea little more balanced.[/quote]

Agree with the PP and I’m not white.  Go ask the parents of gifted students and they’ll gladly tell you how they’re students needs go unmet.  And gifted is technically a Special Education group.  What about High Flyers.  These kids particularly if introverted can get overlooked.  I know plenty of these kids whi liked PP indicated would like their reading grouo to meet more often. Heck, they would be happy w/ facilitated book club.[/quote]

And then there are the high flyers who are also dyslexic or have other learning differences.  There is effectively nothing for them anywhere regardless of the 2E handbooks.[/quote]

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