Was the IEP reasonably calculated to provide educational benefit?
The District is not required to maximize a child’s potential. The District is required to provide personalized instruction with sufficient support services that is “reasonably calculated” to confer educational benefits to the child. Rowley at 203. This is not a guarantee of success for the child and does not make the IEP inappropriate. 1. Was the Student placed in adequate classes? The Mother has argued that placing the Student in CORD or Applied classes are not adequate for the Student. She has argued that these classes are for people who will not go to college and will not allow the Student to succeed in high school. However, the District provided evidence that the CORD or Applied classes were in compliance with District and State of Wisconsin standards, the credits from these classes would apply to graduation from high school and these classes were available to general education students, not just special education students. The evidence also showed that the Student was struggling i
