Reply #58: Actually we don't have the tech or the dough

[proud2BlibKansan]

One reason these kids are in regular classrooms is expense. There is a severe shortage in special ed and it is more cost effective to put more and more kids with serious disabilities in regular classrooms with a special ed resource teacher in the school, serving all the disabled kids in a resource (pull out) room. My caseload is triple what it was 3 years ago. And my kids are more disabled. Plus I serve more disabilities. I used to be an LD teacher. Now I have mentally retarded kids and mentally ill kids and a hearing impaired child. (I guess I need to find a sign language class and pay for it out of my own pocket.)

It's a fucking mess and I don't know how I can do this much longer. Between this new cross categorical model and NCLB, if I don't retire after this year, it will be a miracle. I didn't think I would have this kind of job stress this late in my career.