Re: Principal/AP or SPED Director?
Posted by lm on 5/06/08
Maybe we should just give every modification a parent wants, forget about cost or the fact some of those supports may cause a student to graduate in five years. I know an IEP team decides the case, but I have sat in CSE's with parents requesting modificatons for a junior student with an average of over 90. Student had never received mods before but parents wanted them for her finals. We denied her. If a kid deserves them, they should receive them, but there is another side to the story, they do cost money and if students become too dependent on them . . . then what do we do? On 5/05/08, Bob/VA wrote: > Deciding what modifications a student "gets" is not up to the > sped director. If the kid has an IEP that's an IEP team > decision. > Parents may not like to hear no - many, (too many?) school > districts don't want to say yes if they think they can get away > with saying no. More informed parents simply won't, and don't > have to, take "no" as an answer. > > SPED directors are funding gate keepers. > > On 5/05/08, lm wrote: >> There will always be a need for sped directors only because >> it is a very difficult job. Deciding on what modifications >> students get has a lot of pressure since parents always want >> to get as much as they can and do not like to hear no.