No good deed...

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Came to the 1st day of a 3 day Special Education  administrator's conference.  This is my 6th year coming.  The 1st day has been Special Education law which has involved many case studies.  Basically we have to work very hard to not get sued by parents.  Believe it or not, sometimes parents take advantage of the rules.

Case in point:

A particular student with an IEP for Learning Disabilities in Reading in a particular district was caught with pot.  It was a zero tolerance policy violation.  The possession of pot was "not a manifestation/or substantially influenced' by the student's disability in reading.  At the suspension hearing his parents gave an impassioned plea to not suspend the student for the year.  The superintendent lifted the suspension and he returned to school.

Later that same year, the parents had a dispute with the district over the son's IEP.  They sued the district stating that the district had given him special treatment for (you guessed it) lifting his year-long suspension for possession of pot.

No good deed goes unpunished.

I worked out at the resort gym.  Limited facility so I'm giving myself only 1/2 a workout.  I'll go again tomorrow ans get the other 1/2.

chris