Originally Posted by Ivy
Only it was the principal who said YES YES YES and the district who swooped in to say NO. I wonder if this is some kind of "good cop bad cop" technique schools use to stonewall requests for accommodation.

That hypothesis assumes a conspiracy. It is likelier that there is a lack of professional development (or uneven PD), some people in the picture don't understand the problem or the possible solutions, and the process gets derailed by those people.