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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For whatever reasons, there is no question that the administrators of this school did not implement an appropriate IEP for this child. Totally unacceptable, and they should not be able to continue in their current positions or in another position within the school system.[/quote]

There could be lots of reasons that the IEP didn’t work. But in the motion to dismiss her lawsuit, the defendants note that she, herself, advocated that the boy’s school day be extended because of his improvement.

I imagine this stage of the litigation will last for years. Negligence and even gross negligence don’t take cases out of the worker’s compensation system.  In VA, pretty much the only two things that entitle an injured worker to sue are lack of insurance coverage and sexual assault, neither of which apply here.  So the lower courts will likely feel bound to dismiss the suit. Either way though, there will be an appeal. To win, the courts will have to expand injured worker protections beyond the plain la gauge of the workers’ comp act, which is a tough sell in any state, especially a conservative one.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/district-dismiss-lawsuit-teacher-shot-6-year-covered/story?id=98921573[/quote]

PP here. Thank you for this info. Very helpful and interesting. Regarding the IEP, I have participated in the development of many IEPs over the years (kindergarten thru high school for kids with significant emotional/behavioral concerns and neurodevelopmental issues. Never did we decide a child should be in a regular classroom setting with a parent all day. However, since that is what this administration deemed appropriate, then this child should not have been in that classroom for one minute without a parent. [/quote]

No, sorry. Schools can't require parents to attend school with their child and it's completely inappropriate for that to be the plan. If this child needed a 1:1 with him, the school should have gotten him and aide. This alone tells me the school messed up badly --- and that's not even getting to the gun part. [/quote]

This is definitely an issue that I wish were explained. But what I’ve learned from family and contacts relating to IEP and service/accommodation issues around the country is that there really isn’t a national standard. Different areas do different things. Regardless, according to news sources, the week before this incident, parental presence had been discontinued due to progress. And the teacher herself recommended increasing his time in school due to progress. So, if the news sources are accurate, parental presence wasn’t a factor at the time. [/quote]

I bet his mom didn't disclose that she had a gun in the home.

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