Service Dog banned from school

ORIGINAL: mrv

So severe allergic or phobic students dont have rights too? 

ADA is a civil rights law.  IDEIA is the stronger of the two laws and typically takes precidence over ADA.  And yes it has to be about appropriate verses the best because resources are limited.

The majority of service dogs in schools address access to general curriculum in a way that does not appear to be at work in this situation.  Parent specifically stated in the video the dog does not have an educational purpose.  Granted the kid needs to learn other skills, but the primary focus during the school day should be curriculum based because that is what is required. 

I would also hazard a guess that this individual is fairly compentent in a familiar environment based on the statements made bout his adaptation to the cochlear implant.  Using the dog in other less famliar environments would provide some real world training.  I expect that attending after school events etc. would not be a problem for the team.

No, the students who are allergic or phobic do have rights as well. The students with allergies probably have more rights in this case seeing the right person could probably attempt to have his or her child classified under other health impaired in a case like this.
Perhaps because I am used to attending schools that would be large enough to do this, but I don't just see why this child and those with allergies to his dog could not be scheduled so that they are not in the same classes. I guess it is because I went to a high school in which such a plan would work in most cases, as there were only a few classes that only ran in one session (actually, we have two highschools, and at least when I went, because it had just been split, they did bus some students from one school to the other for some classes which were not large enough for multiple sections). I don't see why in Leslie's son's school, as long as there are multiple fifth grade classes, this student and those with allergies couldn't be in different classes. I understand perhaps not this year, as it would be disruptive to move kids mid year, but it could be done in the future.
Yes, school is supposed to be about the curriculum, but there are so many other things it is also about, and this child does have the right to access those as well. He has the right to the curriculum that his peers get, and he has a right to get everything else that goes on during the day to the fullest extent possible.
Gina, that's unfortunate that those kids aren't being included in the regular class and are being isolated. They're great kids, and the rest of the kids would benefit from having them in their classes.

ORIGINAL: griffinej5

I don't see why in Leslie's son's school, as long as there are multiple fifth grade classes, this student and those with allergies couldn't be in different classes. I understand perhaps not this year, as it would be disruptive to move kids mid year, but it could be done in the future.

 
Nick goes to a small school with only one other 5th grade.  I believe there were kids with allergies in both classes.  Just found out today that the mother pulled the child from school last Friday and enrolled her in another elemenary school in the district.  Hope this school works out better for her.

There was a similar case at my own school. Earlier this year a boy that was in a wheel chair recently acquired a service dog. However, the previous years the boy had not had the dog. He missed a couple of days from fighting with the school board to make sure he had the dog when he attended school. Personally, I do not believe he needed the dog. However, since no one in our school had any severe allergies, I do not think it was a big deal. The school board figured it would be a distraction to students. And it's like, well, .. if a school of 15-19yr olds are distracted by ONE dog, then obviously someone is screwing up, and it's not the dog or the boys family.
 
I didn't read the article, because I can't find it, .. but if there are no severe allergies in the school, why not??

OT here, but it's just weird how they handle the allergy issue at some schools.  When my DGS was in elementary school, they made a rule that nobody was allowed to bring peanut butter sandwiches for lunch any more in case "someone" at the table was allergic. That was really pathetic because PB is pretty much a staple for kids that age and much better for them than a  lot of the lunch  meats.  It just would have made more sense to me to have a separate table for the "peanut allergies" and let everyone else bring whatever they wanted.
 
Joyce

ORIGINAL: fuzzy_dogs_mom

OT here, but it's just weird how they handle the allergy issue at some schools.  When my DGS was in elementary school, they made a rule that nobody was allowed to bring peanut butter sandwiches for lunch any more in case "someone" at the table was allergic. That was really pathetic because PB is pretty much a staple for kids that age and much better for them than a  lot of the lunch  meats.  It just would have made more sense to me to have a separate table for the "peanut allergies" and let everyone else bring whatever they wanted.
 
Joyce

 
LOL!  Ban peanutbutter?  My son would starve to death if that were his school!