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Anonymous wrote:Another MCPS teacher here - after two years of documenting and not making progress meetings and alternative schedules and teachers being cussed at daily, our middle school finally got an SESES placement for next year for this student Everything is in place. And then mom emails last week to say she wants to him to go to his home high school so he can be with his friends. This one student, probably 10 IEP meetings, plus suspension intakes and parent conferences, just this year. One student! It is unsustainable. This job is impossible to do. This is all in addition to co-teaching 5 classes and case managing 10 other students. It is impossible.

This. It happens time after time in every school. Parents can block placements and services of their disruptive child to the detriment of everyone else and their needs! The pendulum has swung so far towards special needs rights it is blatantly unfair to gen ed rights to a free and appropriate education.

In everything balance is needed. If there is two years of valid documentation available, parents should not be able to just upend the work and say continue on with the status quo.

The parents usually aren't happy with the status quo. Many come in with medical documentation outlining areas with support needs, but IEP teams basically can't/won't agree to anything that will cost money.

Where do you suggest they get the money?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another MCPS teacher here - after two years of documenting and not making progress meetings and alternative schedules and teachers being cussed at daily, our middle school finally got an SESES placement for next year for this student Everything is in place. And then mom emails last week to say she wants to him to go to his home high school so he can be with his friends. This one student, probably 10 IEP meetings, plus suspension intakes and parent conferences, just this year. One student! It is unsustainable. This job is impossible to do. This is all in addition to co-teaching 5 classes and case managing 10 other students. It is impossible.

This. It happens time after time in every school. Parents can block placements and services of their disruptive child to the detriment of everyone else and their needs! The pendulum has swung so far towards special needs rights it is blatantly unfair to gen ed rights to a free and appropriate education.

In everything balance is needed. If there is two years of valid documentation available, parents should not be able to just upend the work and say continue on with the status quo.

The parents usually aren't happy with the status quo. Many come in with medical documentation outlining areas with support needs, but IEP teams basically can't/won't agree to anything that will cost money.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another MCPS teacher here - after two years of documenting and not making progress meetings and alternative schedules and teachers being cussed at daily, our middle school finally got an SESES placement for next year for this student Everything is in place. And then mom emails last week to say she wants to him to go to his home high school so he can be with his friends. This one student, probably 10 IEP meetings, plus suspension intakes and parent conferences, just this year. One student! It is unsustainable. This job is impossible to do. This is all in addition to co-teaching 5 classes and case managing 10 other students. It is impossible.

This. It happens time after time in every school. Parents can block placements and services of their disruptive child to the detriment of everyone else and their needs! The pendulum has swung so far towards special needs rights it is blatantly unfair to gen ed rights to a free and appropriate education.

In everything balance is needed. If there is two years of valid documentation available, parents should not be able to just upend the work and say continue on with the status quo.

The parents usually aren't happy with the status quo. Many come in with medical documentation outlining areas with support needs, but IEP teams basically can't/won't agree to anything that will cost money.

How is it possible to educate a child with raging mental illness issues that haven’t been medically addressed?