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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In case it's a staffing issue -- to keep a teacher slot at the school, I had my suspicions. I'll mention this which is not about ESL but it might be a similar play book. In ES, parents were told the school was doing "flexible groupings." 4th Grade. Sounds good, I thought. Son was grouped w/students w/IEPs getting extra support. Made some sense. He was the youngest in his class. Extra help, though he was performing on grade level, seemed ok to us. I was imaging students would move freely between groups. Ok until, his report card later in the year had a new notation that he was receiving a "modified curriculum" and had received a "modified grade". A modified curriculum (as you probably all know) means he does not have to be taught/does not have to achieve grade level benchmarks. This was not ok. Was the school now classifying him as having special needs? Without our knowledge, without any discussion (seemed like the opposite, when other parents have to fight so hard for services. So why this particular year. Is it just about the staffing numbers?) Got that notation removed from this report card and they lowered his modified A to a regular B. [/quote]

wtf I would be livid! (And my kid has an IEP.) I should add though - my kid is 2E so sometimes a thoughtful grouping benefited him and the other kids. Like he would be reading buddies with the NT kid who was behind him in reading but drew him out socially. I would be very mad if he was stuck with any sort of pullout or group that was not academically appropriate though. [/quote]

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