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Another issue is that my daughter's high school recently had their 2018 graduation ceremony. My daughter's friend graduated and she and her mother went to the graduation and were given a Commencement Book, they looked for her name (and other special education graduates) and none of them were listed!
Again - none of the Special Education graduates were listed in the Commencement Book! She did, of course, go across the stage and receive her diploma, but it seems that either this was a grievous mistake by whomever put together the Commencement Book or, I hope not, intentionally done.
Has anyone else encountered this situation for any special education graduates? This feels like a slight against those that are special education and it bothers me as my daughter will be graduating in a few years and I, for one, am proud of her and want to see her name listed along with all the other graduates. Granted, she (and other special ed graduates) get a "special diploma" and not a regular diploma but they have all tried hard to learn what they can in the many years of attending public school.
I know I have to see if this is just a one-time ocurrence with my daughter's high school by checking previous year's Commencement Books but am asking to see if this has happened elsewhere.
For many years my school district had a separate summer graduation for students in the program for severe/profound cognitive disabilities program (students who attended HS to age 21/22). All of the other special education students (learning disabled, emotionally disabled, mild cognitively disabled) graduated with their "class" in the regular commencement.
However, in recent years (perhaps the last dozen years) all graduates, no matter their age or how many years they attended HS, were invited to attend the regular commencement and "yes" all of their names were listed as graduates. BTW, they were invited, and encouraged, to attend all of the "senior" activities and events their senior year (the year that they turned 22 and graduated HS).
I suspect that it was just an unfortunate error. The same thing happened to someone that I know. He had been a home bound student for fifteen years and it was just "overlooked" as he had never attended a "brick and mortar" school in years and, except for administration and his home bound teacher, no one was "aware" that he was a student.
For many years my school district had a separate summer graduation for students in the program for severe/profound cognitive disabilities program (students who attended HS to age 21/22). All of the other special education students (learning disabled, emotionally disabled, mild cognitively disabled) graduated with their "class" in the regular commencement.
However, in recent years (perhaps the last dozen years) all graduates, no matter their age or how many years they attended HS, were invited to attend the regular commencement and "yes" all of their names were listed as graduates. BTW, they were invited, and encouraged, to attend all of the "senior" activities and events their senior year (the year that they turned 22 and graduated HS).
I suspect that it was just an unfortunate error. The same thing happened to someone that I know. He had been a home bound student for fifteen years and it was just "overlooked" as he had never attended a "brick and mortar" school in years and, except for administration and his home bound teacher, no one was "aware" that he was a student.
I can see how an individual can be overlooked. It's pretty hard to overlook a whole group.
I can see how an individual can be overlooked. It's pretty hard to overlook a whole group.
I suppose that it depends on how many people are in the group. In the two HSs that I am very familiar with, each year there usually are only one, two, or in a rare year three or four graduates who attend the severe/profound cognitive disabilities program (very, very limited inclusion, if any, in regular education classes, graduate at age 21/22) and 200 plus other graduates (regular education students and special education students with larger amounts of inclusion). It is still wrong, but I can see it happening by mistake (like with the home bound student). Now, if they overlooked ALL of the special education students who graduated in a year (perhaps 30 students) that would be a huge, HUGE mistake.
Last edited by germaine2626; 06-10-2018 at 10:39 AM..
For many years my school district had a separate summer graduation for students in the program for severe/profound cognitive disabilities program (students who attended HS to age 21/22). All of the other special education students (learning disabled, emotionally disabled, mild cognitively disabled) graduated with their "class" in the regular commencement.
This is a question I'd ask, is the person in the OP a part of the age group, meaning aged 18 and walking across the stage with that group, OR, is this his/her true graduation, meaning 21/22. Either way, the child's name should have been in the program.
My friends grandson is going through graduation ceremonies in a few days even though he is going back to that same school in the Fall. I think they should walk with the kids they went to school with for years but I guess there are some, hopefully few, that don't.
My friends grandson is going through graduation ceremonies in a few days even though he is going back to that same school in the Fall. I think they should walk with the kids they went to school with for years but I guess there are some, hopefully few, that don't.
I bet that you are referring to a student who is missing a few credits and needs to attend summer school or the fall semester before they can "officially" graduate and receive their diploma. Some schools do allow students like that to "walk" with their class and other schools do not.
I was talking about students with special education needs that are allowed to attend public school until they are 21/22 years old (specifics depend on the state) or receive a HS diploma.
Definitely begin by calling the school and asking about the policy. i am willing to bet this was not intentional. Nonetheless, it must be rectified, and measures need to be implemented to prevent this from happening in the future. Absolutely the fault lies with the school, and the administrator in charge of graduation. Start there.
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