Waller I.S.D. parents - did you get your childs report card ?

[Guest guest]

It's been reported and confirmed by our office that the Waller I.S.D. sent out

report cards to parents district wide with a 5 to 15 percent variance on them

and has yet to correct them. When contacting them the Superintendent refused

to take my call or comment.. but his kind receptionist verified that was indeed

the case.

A parent called early today notifying me of this.... her child had an 85

in one class, which was reported as a 58. So this hard working child who

received a B or B+ type of grade..was instead reported to his parents as

failing. After urging the I.S.D. to send out a correction to all parents..

they failed to do so. Again today I urged the office of the superintendent to

send this out. If I do not hear back it will go to the T.E.A. and onward to the

USDOE and USDOJ OCR... as it's definitely incorrect to do this to children ..

I wonder how many are grounded right now or restricted from an activity due to

the districts mistake ? It's one thing to make a mistake.. we all make them.

It's another to agree you made a mistake and then do absolutely nothing to

correct it. What I found out today is that the TEA will actually increase

funding to help the district raise the grades of the children...who indeed do

not need any help in this area.. instead the district needs to fix their darn

program for their computer and issue a letter to all parents apologizing for the

mistake and correcting it.. I personally believe the children deserve an apology

as well.

How this came about was even more mind boggling. This older brother has hair

to his shoulders..and has been put in an 'in school suspension' a young

Christian lad that has excellent grades, attendance, and a high level of

morality in his other actions in life.. is in with the kids that have severely

broken rules. Even more astounding... an often used substitute teacher for his

class is a male with a ponytail. Makes no sense does it ?

Then... we have his little brother. Legally blind and put into a corner for

time out, held outside of the classroom until all others have entered due to

behaviors and of course no FBA or BIP to do any of these actions... the very

worse part of it... denial of a Para for him...and then denial of an additional

para for the class stating that the child 'shouldn't become too dependent ' and

the often used TX excuse " we don't do that " ... okay now.. A child that is

blind more then likely will end up with a service dog and definitely depend on

that...and as will depend on many to help him through his life. The denial of

the Para was in my opinion denial of FAPE... the use of a corner for time out

for a blind child is just well.. ignorance at it's best. The child will not

see the corner...and as well has no BIP to even allow it. Soooo... the

ignorance with the I.S.D.'s goes marching on. A phone call about big brother

and his hair he doesn't want to cut turned into a report that has been verified

as stated..that the entire district misreported grades and refuses to correct

that. Then we get the little brother situation... blind, no para.. no FBA/BIP

yet behavioral intervention taking place.... Can we all shout out loud at one

time " Get a CLUE " !

I hope this message reaches all in peace...

E. , Sr.

Nationwide Special Education Advocate/Adviser

www.officeofautismadvocacy.com