IDEA 2004 Wrote:
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> teacher Wrote:
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> > If he passed his SOL'S ESY is probably not
> > appropriate for him. ESY is generally reserved
> > for students working several years below grade
> > level.
>
> Not necessarily. See this analysis of multiple
> federal cases:
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>
http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/esy.standards.barle
> v.htm
The kid passed his SOLs and is going to ESY because he has ADHD?!? ESY is supposed to be for extremely needy kids who regress a great deal over the summer or who are the lowest of the low. Sure, it's SPED, so you can find some case to justify a kid attending because he is a redhead born on a Tuesday. But don't gripe about FCPS spending huge amounts of money and then send a kid who passed all his SOL tests to ESY.
Every single year ESY has grown by a huge amount. Attendance has doubled and then doubled again. FCPS can't find enough people to work it. Normally it's a teacher and an aid for about 8 or 9 kids. This year it's the teacher only for 8 or 9 kids, with maybe a shared aid coming in for 30 minutes of the session.
Next year ask the teacher for a pile of worksheets to work on over the summer and spend 30 minutes a day doing them with your kid. The Fairfax County taxpayer will thank you.