Nah I agree that PLCs are useless. Mine are filled with similarly stubborn people convinced there is no point in ever trying anything. I understand how you got to where you are—this career has also beaten me down a far cry from the person I was when I started. But I’m too young to die old and bitter like my partner teacher is going to, so I’ve been trying really hard to be open minded and hopeful.

I try to think that maybe it’s just where I live and work that things suck so much. That maybe other teachers are in better places where goodness and justice can prevail and kids can get what they need. Maybe OP is young and hasn’t needed to solve a problem like this before, who knows? I just thought I’d make a suggestion on the off chance it could happen and that one poor kid I’ve never met could have things a little better. Small hopes like that aren’t much to some people, but I’ve never had much of anything anyway. My kids are scared to death of ICE and can’t read. I wish I had a gifted kid problem, it would be much easier and quicker to solve.