Frustration and Confusion

So, here I am again....frustrated after talking to the second in command (as she called herself) for our school district.....I was interested in finding out if we could use assistive technology for K at school, even tho it's not covered by her existing IEP.  #1 point she wanted to make clear is that we don't use label to define our students.  Even tho her own child is dyslexic, they don't describe his LD using a label.  Really???  

There is no cure for this!  It is something that has  to be lived with and dealt with daily for the rest of their lives.  Use the word, teach them how to adapt to a system that that thinks all students should fit into a box!  According to her all LDs are specific so how can we teach all students if they have to learn differently?  She only contradicted herself a few times.....

So, what it boils down to is that our district doesn't recognize dyslexia as a 'specific learning disability'. My opinion is that by not having to label specific disabilities, they don't have to train anyone to actually teach them in a real way that benefits the student......No. I'm not happy. I mentioned that TX has specifically trained teachers for dyslexia on every campus.  She said that violates fedeal law and someday it will come back on them.  How is helping LD students have the same educational advantages as non-LD students breaking the law??  To me that's what IDEA is supposed to be about!  No, i'm not a student of the law and legalese is a foreign language to me, but come on!!!

I like the definition of dyslexia that says it's not a learning disability, it's a teaching liability.  It is more fitting of what our education system is about.  They will label 'gifted' students and have specific programs for them. Why not have them for those others who are outside of that box and are struggling with the way our teachers are taught to teach?  The system is broken and I truely believe that someday we will be pulling Kaliko out of, what is turning out to be, an almost a toxic enviroment.  

Our district is in the middle of, at least, one federal lawsuit for violating the IDEA law.  Will it take more for them to realize that they are not meeting the needs of every student as they claim in their mission statement?  How long are we willing to put K thru it?