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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious how many students were accepted that live in ward 7 or 8 but didn't go to middle school there.  Maybe part of the issue is that students from wards 7 or 8 who are academically inclined are looking for middle schools elsewhere.  Is that really Walls' fault?[/quote]

Huh?  First it’s a high school.  Second, they screen out kids with IEPs (which is illegal).  They screen out kids in wards 7 and 8.  What else is there to know?[/quote]

Isn’t the whole point of an IEP is that the kid can’t keep up with normal kids without help? That should eliminate them from contention from high achieving spots in a competitive field…. Because they can’t keep up without help. There is no IEP allowances at my office. Eventually the cold B-smack of reality will come down on the kids who can’t keep up.

I’m all for helping them through but we shouldn’t pretend they are normal.[/quote]

Having an IEP doesn't automatically mean one has an intellectual disability. Dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, ADD, ASD, blindness, deafness, orthopedic and other health impairments are all disabilities that may qualify students for IEP's.

Stephen Hawking, Helen Keller, Temple Grandin, Steven Spielberg, Anderson Cooper, Bill Gates, Benjamin Banneker, Albert Einstein, and countless others would all have IEPs today. My IEP kid has dyslexia which is known as "MIT disease," because so many students and faculty have it.

Seriously, piss off. [/quote]

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