someone who's been here....

[Guest guest]

Can someone educate me here? We calculate total hours in special ed

(hours in special ed/total hours in the school day, including lunch and

passing) and get a percentage. This is now a very important number. Is

there a federal mandate as to how a student is classified if they were

to get more than 49% of their day in a special ed setting? It looks to

me like in our district, if you cross the 49% line, you have to

automatically go to special day or other self-contained classroom, with

the possibility of mainstreaming into regular ed for non-academics. I

would think that you could be classified as a special ed student with

more than 49% in special ed, and still take the resource classes, but

it's not what I'm reading.

I am looking at what I think might work for next year in high

school (with no real info about the course offerings, I can't get that

for awhile), and basically she can have 3 resource classes and 3 regular

ed classes and be at less than 49%. But, for some years, it might be

preferable to have 4 resource classes and 2 regular ed classes, which

would be more like 56% in special ed. High school parents, help!!!!

Also, has anyone tried to get a high school diploma in California? They

looked at me like I was nuts when I said " well, can she be on a diploma

track? " so I'm not sure what I'm missing (besides the CASHEE exam, which

for now you can get a waiver, but that should be reevaluated by July

2012) So much to learn before our transition meeting!

Thanks,

, mom to (16) (14 DS) and Sammy (12), auntie to

(18)