Re: third grade classmate suspended- sits next to my HFA kid

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I understand that you want to help the family but what the teacher telling you is illegal.They can not talk about other students to the parents. Someone correct me if I am wrong. Would you want them to talk about you and your son with other parents?

Elaine

third grade classmate suspended- sits next to my HFA kid

[Guest guest]

Hi Elaine:

I had meant to say something about that, because I was not sure he was supposed to be telling me anything, so then I thought I cannot say anything at the office about it or he would get in trouble perhaps.

For all I know the teacher could have mentioned my son since they moved this kid next to him to help each other. Well that would depend on if the principal was at the meeting.

There is so much going on in these schools now all over the country. In Florida a 6 year old boy who has ADD or ADHD, forget now, got tasered by the police and suspended. To think the school called the police is a scarey thing.

Home schooling looks better all the timem, but I do not have the patience and would rather do a group schooling thing with someone else doing the teaching.

Honestly I appreciate the teacher telling me this since he sits next to my son and that move was approved by me. I am so torn by this, on one hand this kid could hurt my son and then the school would be in trouble for not alerting the parents in the class, then again the school should be referring the family for counseling and some sort of help for the kid. The teacher thought social skills was perfect for this kid and seemed very glad to get that information from me. I believe he is overwhelmed with this years class, there are about 8 boys that are having a hard time.

Yes I would be upset if a teacher was discussing my kid with another parent, but I know they do, because they have parents contact me to tell them about programs and I have been known as the parent to go to at this school. But I did get upset when I learned my other son's former teacher and current teacher were in the same night class and discussing goals.

Speaking of which, she did mention that to me at the parent teacher conference on Monday and the report card gave Matt strong (#4) for Physical Ed, and that hurts the chances of us now getting an Adaptive PE assessment, last year he got all 2's on his report and this new new teacher gave many 4s. He cannot throw or catch a ball or climb up jungle gyms or jump rope, so how can he be strong in Physical Ed? She based it on his ability to run, job and skip.

Bonnie

==============ForresterFamily <forrester@...> wrote:

I understand that you want to help the family but what the teacher telling you is illegal.They can not talk about other students to the parents. Someone correct me if I am wrong. Would you want them to talk about you and your son with other parents?

Elaine

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This should really be the job of the school counselor. He/She should have programs in place to deal with kids with emotional disturbances, divorces in the family, social problems, etc.

I would contact the counselor and put a bug in his/her ear about this issue.

~Penny~

@Have you Hugged your Betta Today?@

-----Original Message-----From: Bonnie Sayers [mailto:bonniesa@...]Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:26 PMMakingPECSCards ; autism Subject: third grade classmate suspended- sits next to my HFA kid

So what can I do for this kid and the family, and how can I protect my child in case the kid goes through with a threat of violence?Bonnie in Los Angeles

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It is illegal here but still happens. Evan's very first teacher even asked me if she could tell Evan's cousin that Evan was in her class when she found out that we were related to the boy who was her son's best friend. Some people do not realize that they are not suppose to be talking about other students to parents especially when they see those parents all the time.

Betty

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From: ForresterFamily

I understand that you want to help the family but what the teacher telling you is illegal.They can not talk about other students to the parents. Someone correct me if I am wrong. Would you want them to talk about you and your son with other parents?

Elaine