[meetingthrower]

Unpopular opinion that special ed is draining districts dry...

[Kon-Peki]

The popularity of your opinion depends a lot on what you think we should do about it.

Reduce the percentage of kids that need services by putting more effort into improving pre-natal care? Cleaning up environmental contamination?

Or just cut spending?

[Auracle]

I was tasked with photographing a teacher once for work. In her class was a child that pretty clearly didn’t know what was going on and just moaned the majority of the time. He, of course, had an aid - quite possibly an actual nurse - that presumably had to be with him the whole time.

I fee for his parents. I’m sure they want him to have as normal of a life as he possibly can. That said, when one student is taking up the resources that could fund another entire class with no perceivable benefit…. Perhaps a group home would be a better fit?

I don’t think feeling that way makes me a monster, but I bet some people feel otherwise.

[coolhand2120]

All while homeless people starve down the street. We really need to get our priorities straight.

[woodada]

Cut spending