504 plan and denied honors class accommodations

techmom99
Sat, 03 Sep 2016 02:21:56 +0000

@Michael Robison -

The schools aren’t required to offer whatever a student needs. They are required to offer reasonable accommodations for identified conditions. All 4 of my sons are/were classified and my only D became a special ed teacher. I have spent 22 years in the system trying to get the services and accommodations my kids need(ed) and not always succeeding.

As for the OP -

I completely understand the frustration of not being able to take an honors level class because of LD issues. My 2 youngest sons both had to drop AP Euro and APUSH because their dyslexia made it too difficult to read and write that amount of material on a daily basis. Here, however, it seems that the teacher is being unreasonable. Permitting the girl to pre record her presentations and then show them to the class seems reasonable. Perhaps the teacher is afraid that other kids will want the same treatment, which is not an unreasonable concern.