How Inclusion Became One of the Most Popular Classes at School
January 29, 2018
By: Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune/TNS
Source: Disability Scoop
MINNEAPOLIS — Filtering into a final-period physical education class at Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minn., students put on heart-rate monitors, then mingle quietly until class begins and each finds a partner.
The day’s focus is tennis — temporary nets are strung up across the gym floor — but first things first. Partners play catch, then deliver the ball on one bounce. Simple, progressive steps follow. Most of the class period is over before physical education instructor Mike Doyle breaks out modified rackets, and they barely get used.
To the participants and their families, the seemingly uneventful hour — with no sweat involved — marked another rewarding afternoon in what has become one of the school’s most sought-after classes…