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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think FCPS must read DCUM.  Now as part of the IEP meeting there was one new form with FCPS verbiage already in it saying that sometimes your DC will not be in LRE.  [/quote]

What!? How is that legal[/quote]

There is always a flip side to the coin.  In my DS's case, he started in a more restrictive placement offered only at a different school than his base school.  Fast forward a couple of years and he's made great progress, and his teachers want to start integrating him into GenEd more.  To do that, you have to amend the IEP.  But according to FCPS, since that amended placement could be met at his base school, that is his LRE.  So that would mean uprooting him from his school, teachers, and friends he's made over the years in order to satisfy a purely technical interpretation of LRE.  Your only recourse is to do the Pupil Placement process which requires a fair bit of medical documentation and a $100 application fee.

All we want to do is keep doing what is working and let the school and medical pros continue their good work.  But no, it's not considered his LRE so nope!  Luckily, we have admin at our ES with a Sped background, and they have told me he will be welcome every year.  I just wish I didn't have to pay over $200 in fees, copays, and commuting costs every year to make that happen.

So, I welcome a caveat that the best placement may not always be the textbook definition of LRE.[/quote]

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