again pt 2 RE; school trying to railroad me in ARD

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Get a load of this. They had a field trip scheduled for today and his

teacher (who is not certified BTW) told me that no one will be staying

back to keep him and since they are all going on the field trip that I

shouldn't bring him to school and they wouldn't mark him absent. And

this is not the first time they've done that. They had me do it before

for something they had scheduled and Wednesday they had me pick him up

early beacuse of 7th period. Can they do this? Should I be writing to

TEA? What are the proper channels to take? I started to raise cane and

make them let him come to school, but I thought about it and decided

maybe it's better not to because then someone could get mad about

staying back and might try to mistreat him, who knows? I know there is

a law in place (somewhere) that if I have to keep him at home for

them, then I should be compensated. I'm not looking for them to do it,

but I just want to give them a run since they want to play hard ball.

Then again it would be great if they did. ANy takers? This is a

NIGHTMARE. Thanks everyone for letting me vent and listening to my

probs and offering your help and your knowledge, kwalk

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They should be providing the supports he needs to attend the field trip.

Perhaps you could ask for a teacher's assistant to be his " shadow " to help him.

Or you could volunteer to go so that he doesn't miss out on the experience.

Maggie

again pt 2 RE; school trying to railroad me in

ARD

Get a load of this. They had a field trip scheduled for today and his

teacher (who is not certified BTW) told me that no one will be staying

back to keep him and since they are all going on the field trip that I

shouldn't bring him to school and they wouldn't mark him absent. And

this is not the first time they've done that. They had me do it before

for something they had scheduled and Wednesday they had me pick him up

early beacuse of 7th period. Can they do this? Should I be writing to

TEA? What are the proper channels to take? I started to raise cane and

make them let him come to school, but I thought about it and decided

maybe it's better not to because then someone could get mad about

staying back and might try to mistreat him, who knows? I know there is

a law in place (somewhere) that if I have to keep him at home for

them, then I should be compensated. I'm not looking for them to do it,

but I just want to give them a run since they want to play hard ball.

Then again it would be great if they did. ANy takers? This is a

NIGHTMARE. Thanks everyone for letting me vent and listening to my

probs and offering your help and your knowledge, kwalk

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Dear kwalk:

It is awful that they deprived your son of the field trip, but I've never

heard of them asking to keep the child home. If my son missed a field trip

because of his behavior, there were always accomodations for him at his school.

You can file a complaint with TEA. You can also take them to Due Process. This

is all in your Proceedural Safeguards Handbook. Have you looked for an Advocate

yet? Have you written your school a letter asking them for an ARD? They have

10 days to comply (from your written notice). Once again, document everything,

including what happened today, in an e-mail to your Special Ed Chairperson and

Principal of your school. You have got to get a good paper trail going. E-mails

will work just fine, because it documents date and time you sent it. You can

also legally tape record your telephone conversations with them, without having

to let them know they are being tape recorded. This is legal in the State of

Texas.

Sincerely, Vivian

kwalk205 wrote:

Get a load of this. They had a field trip scheduled for today and his

teacher (who is not certified BTW) told me that no one will be staying

back to keep him and since they are all going on the field trip that I

shouldn't bring him to school and they wouldn't mark him absent. And

this is not the first time they've done that. They had me do it before

for something they had scheduled and Wednesday they had me pick him up

early beacuse of 7th period. Can they do this? Should I be writing to

TEA? What are the proper channels to take? I started to raise cane and

make them let him come to school, but I thought about it and decided

maybe it's better not to because then someone could get mad about

staying back and might try to mistreat him, who knows? I know there is

a law in place (somewhere) that if I have to keep him at home for

them, then I should be compensated. I'm not looking for them to do it,

but I just want to give them a run since they want to play hard ball.

Then again it would be great if they did. ANy takers? This is a

NIGHTMARE. Thanks everyone for letting me vent and listening to my

probs and offering your help and your knowledge, kwalk