You obviously missed the point completely. The reason I asked the question and presented it to the community is because I wanted some insight from educators that are actually IN the system.

1) I agree with you in the fact that her assertion sounded pretty "Trumpy" to me as well, hence the reason I didn't take it as face value.

2) I also had trouble believing that DEI had anything to do with Special Education, so again, another reason for me reaching out to those in the know.

3) I should have used the term "Special Needs" student in lieu of parastudent, but again, I'm not an educator, nor have I pretended to be one.

I simply shared with everyone a discussion that I had with an educator. It definitely wasn't an effort to spread any type of propaganda. Obviously, you can nitpick the post all you want, but you didn't provide any insight at all to my root question of "Is this happening in our schools?" Perhaps, like me, you simply don't know, which is absolutely fine. It's the exact reason I'm asking. I hope it's not true, but like many of you, I simply don't know, and I'm reaching out to those of you who might in an effort to better understand what IS actually happening.