Student has to retake highschool
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Doubt this girl is headed to college so she wants the diploma vs the GED. I think the fair thing to do is let her take the GED test and reward her with a diploma if she passes.
It think the fair thing to do is make her go back through high school. How do you not know that you are in the special classes unless you are special? Did she get straight A's? She should have.
I feel bad for this girl, I really do, but, didn't she notice she was in the wrong classes? What about her parents? You can't sit back and hope your child gets educated correctly. I know we all should be able to do that, but, we're not. The parents are just as guilty as the school system is. If my child were placed in a special ed class, I'd be into the school immediately to figure out why, what the problems were and what I needed to do at home to help her out. I'm not saying she should have to repeat high school by any means, but, it's not all the school's fault.
If the parents really had no idea about their daughter being in SpEd classes, a TON of fail-safes in the school system failed. Either that, or the parents are completely clueless, and/or didn't care until it was their own fault and are trying to pass the buck.
I think this is stupid. So she'd rather spend another 4 years in high school to get a piece of paper that's called a diploma than study for a test which would take a lot less years and receive a piece of paper that is the equivalent to a diploma. I'm thinking someone should educate her and her family on exactly what the difference is.
I know a couple people who would have dropped out of high school and went after the GED if they would have been able to receive thier 'diploma' upon finishing instead of waiting until the rest of thier class graduated.
I'm wondering if they have parent-teacher conferences in that school system. I don't remember much about them from my own high school, but you'd think if they had even ONE in that 4 years, the parents should have been able to figure out what kind of classes the girl was taking.
Or the parents could have taken a little interest in their daughter's life and asked her about her classes. That might have helped.
There's more than that the schools need to do legally. Namely notifying parents that they are testing their student BEFORE they admit them into the SpEd curriculum. Then the parents (and many times the student) are involved in the creation of the IEP/504 Plan. Then there are parent/school meetings about yearly progress of the student on the IEP. Then theres term progress reports. Etc. Etc. Unless ALL of those failed on some level, the parents had to have known about it before it got to this point.
The AEA (or whatever the local agency is) is usually really involved, too, aren't they?
CycloneErik
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I think that it's a federal law thing (I want to say it's something like PL 612, but I'd have to go looking, and I just got up) that no one is placed in special ed until a conference has been held with their parents, and an agreed-upon educational plan is drawn up.
It shouldn't be possible for this to be a surprise.
This statement makes it sound like the girl could be going to college right now instead.....she had a IQ score of 91. I don't think she was going on to further schooling anyway.
I wonder how the laws work in that state. At least in Texas I know that it takes a comity of people to place kids in different levels of classes that are lower than on-level. These meetings are not fun and take a ton of time. Usually a couple of the kids teachers are there, as well as principals, counselors, and of course the parents. Part of the pain is that the parents almost have to agree to everything for anything to go through. So the blame really doesn't go on just the school in all cases. I'm mostly surprised they don't try and let her test out of several classes and several grades if she can.
Like others have said I'd be going for a GED in this case. The social awkwardness of going back would be devastating for that age.
Like others have said I'd be going for a GED in this case. The social awkwardness of going back would be devastating for that age.
For those who asked, the GED is a test. But there is also a programmed course that you can take, instead, that works you through the various levels of educational skill.
The biggest difference between GED and High School diploma, is that GED holders actually have to "prove" competency in core areas.
I know at least one guy who is a "GED to PhD" kind of guy. I couldn't care less about the "stigma" of the GED.
The biggest difference between GED and High School diploma, is that GED holders actually have to "prove" competency in core areas.
I know at least one guy who is a "GED to PhD" kind of guy. I couldn't care less about the "stigma" of the GED.
