My son is in a self contained class. He is 18 and finds the work and the job sites boarding. He been tagging and folding and repeating the same things for a few years now. i found a wonderful program that teaches independent living. my sons wants to go. THe school district explained that it is a post 2nd program and they wound'nt not be reimbursed by the state there fore he can't attend. They never even upped his program. I was told i can have him leave. My son does go to a Boces program in the moring , retail which he did last year. My son has 2 more years after this year. My son is truly independent and wants to get a job and live independent one day. i find if i keep him in this cookie cutter program he will has no self esteem left. I wanted to hire a lawyer but they wanted 40,000 and i was also told because they transition him i won't win. I truly feel if they gave my son a real job with support now he would be able to work a 8 hour job when he is 21 with limited assistance.In the long run my son would be more able to support himself. I want to know what makes a high school state cerified when there is no goals or test in a special ed class. i know the school it self is state board but what is done in the special ed class is not?? any help is greatly appreicated There is no true travel trainning, or real banking skills its all done on ditto's,. he is not main stream for gym,its funny because he coached younger kids for basketball, works at mcdonals2x a week thanks lynn