[bigfootbob]

So? What about the costs of a lost education to the other 20+ kids in the class with this child?

[SoftballMominVA]

What about the costs? The cost of this one child and others like her are averaged out over the whole. That's why schools can end up with outrageous 'costs per average student' if they have a large severe and profound population.

It's the law and a civil law at that. You don't like it? Don't complain to the choir, call your congresscritter and get IDEA changed

[najida]

There is another side....
we live in a super shallow society,
most kids rarely see a sick person,
the eldery much less a child.

To be in a room with a child like her may have
greater benefits and losses....

I mean, they’re learning a lot about life,
and maybe their compassion muscles are getting a
workout.

[georgiagirl_pam]

I would bet that she is not in a classroom with 20+ “normal” kids, so SHE is not costing THEM any part of their education. Remember, this is a public school, their education is already lost to them!