OSET 2002

The appellant parent appealed an Identification Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) decision placing her child, who has a severe learning disability, in a mixed exceptionalities class with a maximum of sixteen students.

The parent argued for a self-contained class with a maximum of eight students under Regulation 298, clause 31(a).

The Tribunal found that while there was a change in placement from a smaller learning disability class to a larger mixed exceptionalities class, the current placement in the Satellite Program at the secondary school was meeting the student's needs and was in the student's best interests.

The appeal was dismissed and the IPRC decision upheld.

The parent of a gifted student appealed the school board's Identification Placement Review Committee decision to change the student's placement from a congregated gifted class to a categorical placement in a regular grade nine class.

The parent argued that the student required a congregated gifted program to meet their needs, which the board claimed it did not offer at the secondary level.

The Tribunal found that the categorical placement was inappropriate and would not provide the necessary intellectual challenge or peer interaction.

The Tribunal ordered the school board to provide the student with a placement in a gifted congregated (clustered) program.