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A parent is disgusted with me because I forgot to pull her ADHD 504 plan child from a spelling test so that he could have special accommodations. The accommodations being taking the test not in the classroom. Yes, it says 'All tests' on his 504 plan but does this really include a simple 10 question spelling quiz? I don't have an aide or someone to do that. I had to make special arrangements after the fact.

Well now I have to have a meeting with the principal and this parent about this nonsense. For a squirmy yet intelligent, how much help is this really going to provide. Either you know how to spell the words or you don't. How is providing extra time really going to make a difference? She was annoyed with me because he failed his first few tests when I didn't pull him and the one time he did get a separate location one time, he got a 100. Go figure.
Leanne/CA Follow the 504. It's a legal document, and not following it could get you and your school and district into a lot of legal trouble. I know it's difficult to manage (I currently have 1/4 of my class on 504/IEP), but the reality of it is that children with accommodations have more legal rights than those children without them. It's not up to you to d...See More
Nov 10, 2012


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