Re: Defacto Violation of LRE

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Can I send my son to a mckay approved Private school and then eventually go backTo a public school. How does that work?Has anyone sent kids to learning links in Miami? What did you think?ThanksShariSent from my iPhone

Ida, I'll be waiting for the replies on this as well. I thought about it yesterday, how unfair it is (and probably against the law) that a child could not be placed in a regular classroom due to its size. Meaning, a child be placed in a cluster mainly because the gen ed classrooms are overcrowded.GabiFrom: Ida <idajkessler>Subject: Defacto Violation of LRETo: sList Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 9:46 PM

Hello listmates,

Maybe I am the only one who sees things this way.. or not? Given budgetary cuts, classroom sizes in many schools have gone up. The principal says that even though he sees the need for hiring 2 additional teachers for the grade level in question, there is no money to do so. As a result most classes are between 22-24 students, including the "supported class." When you have a student with autism that can do the academic work in gen ed (with accommodations) for the most part but the main reason he can not spend more than 45 min per day in gen ed is because the classroom size (23 other students)is so large that sensory wise is overwhelming to him (and this is documented in his IEP)and causes him to stim and get hyper, and therefore is placed in the cluster for most of the day, isn't this a defacto violation of the least restrictive environment reg? In other words, if it wasn't for the large size of the supported gen ed class, he could be there learning in a

less restricted environment. Does anyone know if this particular issue is something that parents in Broward have gone into litigation over and what was the outcome, etc...? Apparently, next school year, the situation will only get worse with an additional 6% budget cut to the schools. Isn't that wonderful? Just wondering what are your thoughts on this...