Teacher woes already

[Guest guest]

Well, I am not supposed to know but I found out today that once AGAIN the

principal has put Jake in the wrong room this fall. Second grade I had to get

him moved from a teacher that is a poor disciplinarian, uses English as a second

language and has poor grammar herself. Third grade I had him moved from a

portable classroom due to noise then we wound up with the teacher from hell,

that resigned because I stayed on her case. She was replaced by a well

intentioned teacher that made him dependent on adults again, something we had

battled

all these years to stop..UGH

Now, I find out that he is in a class that is typically loud and out of

control, poor discipline and follow through. The thing that really gets me is

that we had this 3 hour IEP meeting the last week of school changing him from HI

to behavior emotionally disabled (BED) (SIDE NOTE AS TO WHY----he has ADHD,

anxiety, depression, OCD tendencies and a strong family history of mood

disorders and we could get more services this way) and went over all the things

he

had to have in a teacher to succeed...per his private therapist and the school

therapist. So I am trying to figure out if the principal was asleep during the

meeting.....

The TOD itinerant wrote her an email about it and suggested we change him to

another room. I am sure she is trying to put him with his friends because

that is part of the IEP too, to make him feel like he has friends and fits in,

but he has to have structure above all that.....

Anyway, I just wanted to vent about it. Trying to figure out why we went

through three hours of IEP to reclassify and get him what he needs and she did

the opposite.

Elaine

[Guest guest]

Elaine,

If you were closer I'd take you out for coffee and we could talk down that

principal until you felt better. We could bash anyone and everyone ... have a

true catty coffee klatch and then laugh about it afterwards.

You went through 3 hours of IEP so that you would have the grounds to make

the call you need to make. So, call ... tell them that you have heard about the

placement and if what you heard is indeed the truth, it is inappropriate.

Since you've heard things through the grapevine, there's a good chance that

your phone call will wake someone up and they will fix it before the official

paper work is sent out. And they can claim that it was just a rumor and they

had it right all along.

Who cares if they're lying, as long as they place your child in the

appropriate setting as based on the things discussed in the IEP!

So, make that call. If the call reveals that the placement is wrong and

they've no intention of fixing it, then follow-up with a letter. Thus starting

the needed paper trail. But I'd start with a call so that someone can cover

their tush and make it right without having to fight.

Best -- Jill

[Guest guest]

Elaine,

If you were closer I'd take you out for coffee and we could talk down that

principal until you felt better. We could bash anyone and everyone ... have a

true catty coffee klatch and then laugh about it afterwards.

You went through 3 hours of IEP so that you would have the grounds to make

the call you need to make. So, call ... tell them that you have heard about the

placement and if what you heard is indeed the truth, it is inappropriate.

Since you've heard things through the grapevine, there's a good chance that

your phone call will wake someone up and they will fix it before the official

paper work is sent out. And they can claim that it was just a rumor and they

had it right all along.

Who cares if they're lying, as long as they place your child in the

appropriate setting as based on the things discussed in the IEP!

So, make that call. If the call reveals that the placement is wrong and

they've no intention of fixing it, then follow-up with a letter. Thus starting

the needed paper trail. But I'd start with a call so that someone can cover

their tush and make it right without having to fight.

Best -- Jill