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[quote=Anonymous]Amazing.

The lunatics are running the asylum.

These lists of 504 accommodations are stunning.

I haven't taught in years.   I taught prior to the advent of IEPs--but that does not mean we did not have pull outs for those kids who needed it.  We did have LD teachers who tested and taught.  Once IEPs came in, paperwork became king.  I was teaching in a DOD school at that time.  We had children move in from all over the United States.  I remember the LD teacher walking in my room to show me how different the IEPs could be.  She was working with two children who had roughly the same LD.  One came in with a one page IEP and the other had a pamphlet.  These were the early years of IEP.

I think the intent of accountability is valid, but the paperwork and demands are excessive and some defy common sense.

Of course, we did not have the 504's then, but we did make reasonable accommodations when needed.  That sometimes meant separating friends and/or enemies in class.  Sometimes parents asked for extra work for practice at home.  And, shock of shocks, sometimes we worked with kids after school --especially if they had been ill.
And, when new kids came--especially when they could not speak English--I might have encouraged a couple of kids to spend some time with them on the playground.

And, yes, sometimes a child would get a "do over."

But, this 504 thing sounds like it has become a monster with a mind of its own.

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