Re: I Want to pull him out of Preschool

[Guest guest]

is allergic to apples. They make her throw up and well other things.

The first day of school there was a big apple above her cubby with a big red

X so that everyone would know that she couldn't have apples.

They should have done the same thing for your son.

This is also written into 's IEP and if it's in your son's that would

mean they didn't read it. I find this almost as upsetting as her wanting to

put him anywhere near something that he's allergic to.

[Guest guest]

is allergic to apples. They make her throw up and well other things.

The first day of school there was a big apple above her cubby with a big red

X so that everyone would know that she couldn't have apples.

They should have done the same thing for your son.

This is also written into 's IEP and if it's in your son's that would

mean they didn't read it. I find this almost as upsetting as her wanting to

put him anywhere near something that he's allergic to.

[Guest guest]

is allergic to apples. They make her throw up and well other things.

The first day of school there was a big apple above her cubby with a big red

X so that everyone would know that she couldn't have apples.

They should have done the same thing for your son.

This is also written into 's IEP and if it's in your son's that would

mean they didn't read it. I find this almost as upsetting as her wanting to

put him anywhere near something that he's allergic to.

[Guest guest]

I would tell them to bite you.

I know, that was helpful.

Georga Hackworth

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I Want to pull him out of Preschool

Okay ladies, you always have so much good advice, well I need some.

Mark is allergic to pineapples, he swelled up and got hives from

fruit cocktail juice being in jello. I told his teacher about this

and it is in all of his paperwork at school. Last week when we

picked Mark up from school his teacher ask if we could bring two cans

of ringed pineapple for a cooking project they were doing. I said to

her that Mark can't have pineapple because he is allergic. She

looked stunned. She had no idea. She asked me to bring it anyway

and that Mark just won't be able to eat any of it.

Well I find this unacceptable. For one and most important she should

pay attention to any food allergies any of the kids have. Which

obviously she doesn't. And with only 6 kids in the class I think

they can work their cooking projects around any food allergies. It's

not fair for one kid to not be able to eat while the others do.

I have kept Mark home from school since then and I called and send I

want to pull him out of the early childhood class. They transferred

me to the teacher. She took full responsiblitly and blame for not

paying attention to his paperwork. I told her that all fine but what

if she wouldn't have ask me to bring the pineapple and someone else

brought it. Mark would have ate the pinneaple and who knows what

kind of reaction he could have had. She claimed that there are

always adults around and if he would start swelling up then they

would have called me and the doctor. I told her it should never get

to that point.

So I told her I want Mark out. With the little bit they do with him

in school I can do that at home with him now that I'm home with him

all day. She still tried to convince me to keep him in school. She

said we will have to have a meeting and then decide what to do. She

said I do have the option of transferring him to a different

district. I said I might consider that but I will not send him back

to her classroom because that is a very irresponsible thing to have

happened. Thank God they didn't actually feel him pineapple!!!

I am dead set about getting him out of this school I don't trust

these people with my son anymore. She said it will be hard to get

him out of this program. I said that by law he doesn't need to be in

school until he is five for kindergarden.

I understand the social involvement withthe other kids is good but

not worth a serious reaction that the pineapple could have caused. I

am ready to work with him my self. And a friend of mine is going to

school for sign language. Mark seems to learn speech the best by

learning the sign first and then the word follows. My friend needs

to put in so many hours in classrooms, with people, etc. of signing

and she offered to come over and teach us signs, and it would also

count towards her hours.

So what do you think. What should I say in this meeting. I have the

meeting Wed. morning. I need any advice, the laws, anything I can

get!!! Thank you.

Tina W.

[Guest guest]

I would tell them to bite you.

I know, that was helpful.

Georga Hackworth

www.ubah.com/F1549 Enter to win $50 in FREE books!

I Want to pull him out of Preschool

Okay ladies, you always have so much good advice, well I need some.

Mark is allergic to pineapples, he swelled up and got hives from

fruit cocktail juice being in jello. I told his teacher about this

and it is in all of his paperwork at school. Last week when we

picked Mark up from school his teacher ask if we could bring two cans

of ringed pineapple for a cooking project they were doing. I said to

her that Mark can't have pineapple because he is allergic. She

looked stunned. She had no idea. She asked me to bring it anyway

and that Mark just won't be able to eat any of it.

Well I find this unacceptable. For one and most important she should

pay attention to any food allergies any of the kids have. Which

obviously she doesn't. And with only 6 kids in the class I think

they can work their cooking projects around any food allergies. It's

not fair for one kid to not be able to eat while the others do.

I have kept Mark home from school since then and I called and send I

want to pull him out of the early childhood class. They transferred

me to the teacher. She took full responsiblitly and blame for not

paying attention to his paperwork. I told her that all fine but what

if she wouldn't have ask me to bring the pineapple and someone else

brought it. Mark would have ate the pinneaple and who knows what

kind of reaction he could have had. She claimed that there are

always adults around and if he would start swelling up then they

would have called me and the doctor. I told her it should never get

to that point.

So I told her I want Mark out. With the little bit they do with him

in school I can do that at home with him now that I'm home with him

all day. She still tried to convince me to keep him in school. She

said we will have to have a meeting and then decide what to do. She

said I do have the option of transferring him to a different

district. I said I might consider that but I will not send him back

to her classroom because that is a very irresponsible thing to have

happened. Thank God they didn't actually feel him pineapple!!!

I am dead set about getting him out of this school I don't trust

these people with my son anymore. She said it will be hard to get

him out of this program. I said that by law he doesn't need to be in

school until he is five for kindergarden.

I understand the social involvement withthe other kids is good but

not worth a serious reaction that the pineapple could have caused. I

am ready to work with him my self. And a friend of mine is going to

school for sign language. Mark seems to learn speech the best by

learning the sign first and then the word follows. My friend needs

to put in so many hours in classrooms, with people, etc. of signing

and she offered to come over and teach us signs, and it would also

count towards her hours.

So what do you think. What should I say in this meeting. I have the

meeting Wed. morning. I need any advice, the laws, anything I can

get!!! Thank you.

Tina W.

[Guest guest]

Very helpful thanks!! LOL I think will have that one

covered! haha I think he is more upset about this whole thing than

I am and I'm pretty upset.

Tina W.

> I would tell them to bite you.

>

> I know, that was helpful.

>

> Georga Hackworth

[Guest guest]

Very helpful thanks!! LOL I think will have that one

covered! haha I think he is more upset about this whole thing than

I am and I'm pretty upset.

Tina W.

> I would tell them to bite you.

>

> I know, that was helpful.

>

> Georga Hackworth

[Guest guest]

> So what do you think. What should I say in this meeting. I have the

> meeting Wed. morning. I need any advice, the laws, anything I can

> get!!! Thank you.

I wouldn't even go to it. I would call and tell them you'll sign whatever

forms you need to sign to say you're refusing their services for the moment

and that should be the end of that. You've made up your mind, you're not

going to change it, and all that will happen at the meeting is they will

pressure you & try to make you second-guess yourself.

Allergies and protocols for dealing with allergic reactions should be posted

on the walls with the first aide information. Every person who walked in

that room should have known immediately that he could not have pineapple.

" We would have called the doctor " -- TOTAL bullshit.

Do a web search for 'homeschooling law <your state>' and that should pull up

the laws for you. But until he is of compulsary school age, as I understand

it, you don't have to do squat. The school gets a substantial amount of

money for every child they give special services, so that's why they don't

want to let him go.

Check out the aut2bhome list...let me find the web site...

http://www.weirdkids.com/autism/aut2bhome.htm

I just asked there about not sending back to school next year & it

sounds like a lot of them on the list have been through crap like this. I

would hope they'd be able to help you out.

Absolutely furious for you, and oh-so-thankful he's OK.

-Sara.

[Guest guest]

I'd tell them that unless they obviously can't assure you that your son will

not be subjected to incompetent teachers who don't realize the severity of

an allergic reaction so at this point in time you are finished using their

services. Call this in to whomever the meeting is with and then right a

letter to the superintendent of the school district, and your state

representative. The teacher's reaction is one obviously uninformed of the

severity of allergic reactions. That's not an excuse, it is the district's

responsibility to make sure the teachers are aware of these things.

debbi

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I Want to pull him out of Preschool

Okay ladies, you always have so much good advice, well I need some.

Mark is allergic to pineapples, he swelled up and got hives from

fruit cocktail juice being in jello. I told his teacher about this

and it is in all of his paperwork at school. Last week when we

picked Mark up from school his teacher ask if we could bring two cans

of ringed pineapple for a cooking project they were doing. I said to

her that Mark can't have pineapple because he is allergic. She

looked stunned. She had no idea. She asked me to bring it anyway

and that Mark just won't be able to eat any of it.

Well I find this unacceptable. For one and most important she should

pay attention to any food allergies any of the kids have. Which

obviously she doesn't. And with only 6 kids in the class I think

they can work their cooking projects around any food allergies. It's

not fair for one kid to not be able to eat while the others do.

I have kept Mark home from school since then and I called and send I

want to pull him out of the early childhood class. They transferred

me to the teacher. She took full responsiblitly and blame for not

paying attention to his paperwork. I told her that all fine but what

if she wouldn't have ask me to bring the pineapple and someone else

brought it. Mark would have ate the pinneaple and who knows what

kind of reaction he could have had. She claimed that there are

always adults around and if he would start swelling up then they

would have called me and the doctor. I told her it should never get

to that point.

So I told her I want Mark out. With the little bit they do with him

in school I can do that at home with him now that I'm home with him

all day. She still tried to convince me to keep him in school. She

said we will have to have a meeting and then decide what to do. She

said I do have the option of transferring him to a different

district. I said I might consider that but I will not send him back

to her classroom because that is a very irresponsible thing to have

happened. Thank God they didn't actually feel him pineapple!!!

I am dead set about getting him out of this school I don't trust

these people with my son anymore. She said it will be hard to get

him out of this program. I said that by law he doesn't need to be in

school until he is five for kindergarden.

I understand the social involvement withthe other kids is good but

not worth a serious reaction that the pineapple could have caused. I

am ready to work with him my self. And a friend of mine is going to

school for sign language. Mark seems to learn speech the best by

learning the sign first and then the word follows. My friend needs

to put in so many hours in classrooms, with people, etc. of signing

and she offered to come over and teach us signs, and it would also

count towards her hours.

So what do you think. What should I say in this meeting. I have the

meeting Wed. morning. I need any advice, the laws, anything I can

get!!! Thank you.

Tina W.

[Guest guest]

I'd tell them that unless they obviously can't assure you that your son will

not be subjected to incompetent teachers who don't realize the severity of

an allergic reaction so at this point in time you are finished using their

services. Call this in to whomever the meeting is with and then right a

letter to the superintendent of the school district, and your state

representative. The teacher's reaction is one obviously uninformed of the

severity of allergic reactions. That's not an excuse, it is the district's

responsibility to make sure the teachers are aware of these things.

debbi

---

Enter to win 6 free Disney DVD's

http://tinyurl.com/3ztv

I Want to pull him out of Preschool

Okay ladies, you always have so much good advice, well I need some.

Mark is allergic to pineapples, he swelled up and got hives from

fruit cocktail juice being in jello. I told his teacher about this

and it is in all of his paperwork at school. Last week when we

picked Mark up from school his teacher ask if we could bring two cans

of ringed pineapple for a cooking project they were doing. I said to

her that Mark can't have pineapple because he is allergic. She

looked stunned. She had no idea. She asked me to bring it anyway

and that Mark just won't be able to eat any of it.

Well I find this unacceptable. For one and most important she should

pay attention to any food allergies any of the kids have. Which

obviously she doesn't. And with only 6 kids in the class I think

they can work their cooking projects around any food allergies. It's

not fair for one kid to not be able to eat while the others do.

I have kept Mark home from school since then and I called and send I

want to pull him out of the early childhood class. They transferred

me to the teacher. She took full responsiblitly and blame for not

paying attention to his paperwork. I told her that all fine but what

if she wouldn't have ask me to bring the pineapple and someone else

brought it. Mark would have ate the pinneaple and who knows what

kind of reaction he could have had. She claimed that there are

always adults around and if he would start swelling up then they

would have called me and the doctor. I told her it should never get

to that point.

So I told her I want Mark out. With the little bit they do with him

in school I can do that at home with him now that I'm home with him

all day. She still tried to convince me to keep him in school. She

said we will have to have a meeting and then decide what to do. She

said I do have the option of transferring him to a different

district. I said I might consider that but I will not send him back

to her classroom because that is a very irresponsible thing to have

happened. Thank God they didn't actually feel him pineapple!!!

I am dead set about getting him out of this school I don't trust

these people with my son anymore. She said it will be hard to get

him out of this program. I said that by law he doesn't need to be in

school until he is five for kindergarden.

I understand the social involvement withthe other kids is good but

not worth a serious reaction that the pineapple could have caused. I

am ready to work with him my self. And a friend of mine is going to

school for sign language. Mark seems to learn speech the best by

learning the sign first and then the word follows. My friend needs

to put in so many hours in classrooms, with people, etc. of signing

and she offered to come over and teach us signs, and it would also

count towards her hours.

So what do you think. What should I say in this meeting. I have the

meeting Wed. morning. I need any advice, the laws, anything I can

get!!! Thank you.

Tina W.

[Guest guest]

I'd tell them that unless they obviously can't assure you that your son will

not be subjected to incompetent teachers who don't realize the severity of

an allergic reaction so at this point in time you are finished using their

services. Call this in to whomever the meeting is with and then right a

letter to the superintendent of the school district, and your state

representative. The teacher's reaction is one obviously uninformed of the

severity of allergic reactions. That's not an excuse, it is the district's

responsibility to make sure the teachers are aware of these things.

debbi

---

Enter to win 6 free Disney DVD's

http://tinyurl.com/3ztv

I Want to pull him out of Preschool

Okay ladies, you always have so much good advice, well I need some.

Mark is allergic to pineapples, he swelled up and got hives from

fruit cocktail juice being in jello. I told his teacher about this

and it is in all of his paperwork at school. Last week when we

picked Mark up from school his teacher ask if we could bring two cans

of ringed pineapple for a cooking project they were doing. I said to

her that Mark can't have pineapple because he is allergic. She

looked stunned. She had no idea. She asked me to bring it anyway

and that Mark just won't be able to eat any of it.

Well I find this unacceptable. For one and most important she should

pay attention to any food allergies any of the kids have. Which

obviously she doesn't. And with only 6 kids in the class I think

they can work their cooking projects around any food allergies. It's

not fair for one kid to not be able to eat while the others do.

I have kept Mark home from school since then and I called and send I

want to pull him out of the early childhood class. They transferred

me to the teacher. She took full responsiblitly and blame for not

paying attention to his paperwork. I told her that all fine but what

if she wouldn't have ask me to bring the pineapple and someone else

brought it. Mark would have ate the pinneaple and who knows what

kind of reaction he could have had. She claimed that there are

always adults around and if he would start swelling up then they

would have called me and the doctor. I told her it should never get

to that point.

So I told her I want Mark out. With the little bit they do with him

in school I can do that at home with him now that I'm home with him

all day. She still tried to convince me to keep him in school. She

said we will have to have a meeting and then decide what to do. She

said I do have the option of transferring him to a different

district. I said I might consider that but I will not send him back

to her classroom because that is a very irresponsible thing to have

happened. Thank God they didn't actually feel him pineapple!!!

I am dead set about getting him out of this school I don't trust

these people with my son anymore. She said it will be hard to get

him out of this program. I said that by law he doesn't need to be in

school until he is five for kindergarden.

I understand the social involvement withthe other kids is good but

not worth a serious reaction that the pineapple could have caused. I

am ready to work with him my self. And a friend of mine is going to

school for sign language. Mark seems to learn speech the best by

learning the sign first and then the word follows. My friend needs

to put in so many hours in classrooms, with people, etc. of signing

and she offered to come over and teach us signs, and it would also

count towards her hours.

So what do you think. What should I say in this meeting. I have the

meeting Wed. morning. I need any advice, the laws, anything I can

get!!! Thank you.

Tina W.

[Guest guest]

> As for it not being fair that one kid can't have what the others are

> having -- well, that happens to my kid all the time. In preschool, the

Oh yes, this happens to also. The other kids have cereal & milk for

breakfast. We send him something from home - with all his food issues I

feel safer that way, tho I know legally we could make them provide his

breakfast.

Fortunately he doesn't care what they're eating, so that hasn't been an

issue.

They all sit at one end of a little table and he sits at the other end and

the teacher or aide sits in between him & the other kids, just to make sure.

:/ (Not that HE cares!) But his is a serious allergy and if the milk was

so much as spilled on him he could have a life-threatening reaction. I

would feel much better if it wasn't in the classroom at all but I don't

think there's anything I can do about that. They DO understand, though, and

they take precautions to keep it from happening, and he has benedryl and an

epi-pen there, so...

Bleah.

-Sara.

[Guest guest]

Sounds like this is about more than pineapple. Trust your gut. If you

don't think it's a good environment for your son, and you are willing to

take on the burden yourself, then go for it! There are a lot of website

resources for homeschooling. But if you want him in a school setting, fight

for it - - you are your child's only advocate.

my two cents,

(n 30 mo)

I Want to pull him out of Preschool

> Okay ladies, you always have so much good advice, well I need some.

>

> Mark is allergic to pineapples, he swelled up and got hives from

> fruit cocktail juice being in jello. I told his teacher about this

> and it is in all of his paperwork at school. Last week when we

> picked Mark up from school his teacher ask if we could bring two cans

> of ringed pineapple for a cooking project they were doing. I said to

> her that Mark can't have pineapple because he is allergic. She

> looked stunned. She had no idea. She asked me to bring it anyway

> and that Mark just won't be able to eat any of it.

>

> Well I find this unacceptable. For one and most important she should

> pay attention to any food allergies any of the kids have. Which

> obviously she doesn't. And with only 6 kids in the class I think

> they can work their cooking projects around any food allergies. It's

> not fair for one kid to not be able to eat while the others do.

>

> I have kept Mark home from school since then and I called and send I

> want to pull him out of the early childhood class. They transferred

> me to the teacher. She took full responsiblitly and blame for not

> paying attention to his paperwork. I told her that all fine but what

> if she wouldn't have ask me to bring the pineapple and someone else

> brought it. Mark would have ate the pinneaple and who knows what

> kind of reaction he could have had. She claimed that there are

> always adults around and if he would start swelling up then they

> would have called me and the doctor. I told her it should never get

> to that point.

>

> So I told her I want Mark out. With the little bit they do with him

> in school I can do that at home with him now that I'm home with him

> all day. She still tried to convince me to keep him in school. She

> said we will have to have a meeting and then decide what to do. She

> said I do have the option of transferring him to a different

> district. I said I might consider that but I will not send him back

> to her classroom because that is a very irresponsible thing to have

> happened. Thank God they didn't actually feel him pineapple!!!

>

> I am dead set about getting him out of this school I don't trust

> these people with my son anymore. She said it will be hard to get

> him out of this program. I said that by law he doesn't need to be in

> school until he is five for kindergarden.

>

> I understand the social involvement withthe other kids is good but

> not worth a serious reaction that the pineapple could have caused. I

> am ready to work with him my self. And a friend of mine is going to

> school for sign language. Mark seems to learn speech the best by

> learning the sign first and then the word follows. My friend needs

> to put in so many hours in classrooms, with people, etc. of signing

> and she offered to come over and teach us signs, and it would also

> count towards her hours.

>

> So what do you think. What should I say in this meeting. I have the

> meeting Wed. morning. I need any advice, the laws, anything I can

> get!!! Thank you.

> Tina W.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I will probably go to the meeting just to let them know what I

think. What I think is if I pull him out the teacher is afraid of

getting in trouble and she will look bad. Also the funding that the

school gets for him. Oh well I don't care.

They won't be able to talk me out of it. I will keep him home and

they won't be able to stop me. I am also worried about the other

kids to and hopefully from now on they will be more carefull.

Tina W.

> I wouldn't send him back, but I might go to the meeting. I would

stand up for another child that might have the same thing happen.

Without being an advocate for something like this it will take a

drastic measure before something is done. I would make sure that

didn't happen.

> I would also go to your doctor and get a letter stating what an

allergic reaction could have done to your son. Don't allow them to

talk you out of anything. Do what you want and keep him home.

> I say go and prove a point about the allergy and irresponsbility of

the teacher.

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[Guest guest]

I will probably go to the meeting just to let them know what I

think. What I think is if I pull him out the teacher is afraid of

getting in trouble and she will look bad. Also the funding that the

school gets for him. Oh well I don't care.

They won't be able to talk me out of it. I will keep him home and

they won't be able to stop me. I am also worried about the other

kids to and hopefully from now on they will be more carefull.

Tina W.

> I wouldn't send him back, but I might go to the meeting. I would

stand up for another child that might have the same thing happen.

Without being an advocate for something like this it will take a

drastic measure before something is done. I would make sure that

didn't happen.

> I would also go to your doctor and get a letter stating what an

allergic reaction could have done to your son. Don't allow them to

talk you out of anything. Do what you want and keep him home.

> I say go and prove a point about the allergy and irresponsbility of

the teacher.

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[Guest guest]

I will probably go to the meeting just to let them know what I

think. What I think is if I pull him out the teacher is afraid of

getting in trouble and she will look bad. Also the funding that the

school gets for him. Oh well I don't care.

They won't be able to talk me out of it. I will keep him home and

they won't be able to stop me. I am also worried about the other

kids to and hopefully from now on they will be more carefull.

Tina W.

> I wouldn't send him back, but I might go to the meeting. I would

stand up for another child that might have the same thing happen.

Without being an advocate for something like this it will take a

drastic measure before something is done. I would make sure that

didn't happen.

> I would also go to your doctor and get a letter stating what an

allergic reaction could have done to your son. Don't allow them to

talk you out of anything. Do what you want and keep him home.

> I say go and prove a point about the allergy and irresponsbility of

the teacher.

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[Guest guest]

> > As for it not being fair that one kid can't have what the others

are

> > having -- well, that happens to my kid all the time. In

preschool, the

I guess it's not that so much that bothers me but the fact that she

still wanted me to bring the pineapple anyway. Why should I send a

food to school that my son can't even eat. That doesn't make sense

to me.

Tina W.

[Guest guest]

> > As for it not being fair that one kid can't have what the others

are

> > having -- well, that happens to my kid all the time. In

preschool, the

I guess it's not that so much that bothers me but the fact that she

still wanted me to bring the pineapple anyway. Why should I send a

food to school that my son can't even eat. That doesn't make sense

to me.

Tina W.

[Guest guest]

> > As for it not being fair that one kid can't have what the others

are

> > having -- well, that happens to my kid all the time. In

preschool, the

I guess it's not that so much that bothers me but the fact that she

still wanted me to bring the pineapple anyway. Why should I send a

food to school that my son can't even eat. That doesn't make sense

to me.

Tina W.

[Guest guest]

> They won't be able to talk me out of it. I will keep him home and

> they won't be able to stop me. I am also worried about the other

> kids to and hopefully from now on they will be more carefull.

> Tina W.

Tina, I am really impressed by your attitude. Personally I would not be

able to do this; I would simply keep him home and as quietly as possible do

whatever needed to be done. I do not do confrontations.

You are amazing. Mark AND other children and hopefully even the school

staff will benefit from your resolve.

-Sara.

[Guest guest]

It took me a week to get to this point. I had to think everything

over and make sure I was doing the right thing. And it also helps

because is very supportive about this, and he is coming to this

meeting with me. The way he reacts to this you would think that Mark

is his son. But like me he is concerned with Mark's safety.

Tina W.

> Tina, I am really impressed by your attitude. Personally I would

not be

> able to do this; I would simply keep him home and as quietly as

possible do

> whatever needed to be done. I do not do confrontations.

>

> You are amazing. Mark AND other children and hopefully even

the school

> staff will benefit from your resolve.

>

> -Sara.

[Guest guest]

It took me a week to get to this point. I had to think everything

over and make sure I was doing the right thing. And it also helps

because is very supportive about this, and he is coming to this

meeting with me. The way he reacts to this you would think that Mark

is his son. But like me he is concerned with Mark's safety.

Tina W.

> Tina, I am really impressed by your attitude. Personally I would

not be

> able to do this; I would simply keep him home and as quietly as

possible do

> whatever needed to be done. I do not do confrontations.

>

> You are amazing. Mark AND other children and hopefully even

the school

> staff will benefit from your resolve.

>

> -Sara.

[Guest guest]

It took me a week to get to this point. I had to think everything

over and make sure I was doing the right thing. And it also helps

because is very supportive about this, and he is coming to this

meeting with me. The way he reacts to this you would think that Mark

is his son. But like me he is concerned with Mark's safety.

Tina W.

> Tina, I am really impressed by your attitude. Personally I would

not be

> able to do this; I would simply keep him home and as quietly as

possible do

> whatever needed to be done. I do not do confrontations.

>

> You are amazing. Mark AND other children and hopefully even

the school

> staff will benefit from your resolve.

>

> -Sara.

[Guest guest]

Tina--You have every right to be pissed. When Karson was younger, he seemed to

do better w/ signing too. This is one website I found. It shows the movements

for u too. It has some small words, like mother, father, cat, I love you, happy

etc. I used to love www.handspeak.com but now u have to subscribe. Anyways,

thought u might like to check this out in your spare time.

http://www.bconnex.net/~randys/index1.html Good luck to you. I hope you find a

happy ending to your current situation.

Amie mommy to

Karson 3.5 PDD

Peyton 23 months NT

I Want to pull him out of Preschool

Okay ladies, you always have so much good advice, well I need some.

Mark is allergic to pineapples, he swelled up and got hives from

fruit cocktail juice being in jello. I told his teacher about this

and it is in all of his paperwork at school. Last week when we

picked Mark up from school his teacher ask if we could bring two cans

of ringed pineapple for a cooking project they were doing. I said to

her that Mark can't have pineapple because he is allergic. She

looked stunned. She had no idea. She asked me to bring it anyway

and that Mark just won't be able to eat any of it.

Well I find this unacceptable. For one and most important she should

pay attention to any food allergies any of the kids have. Which

obviously she doesn't. And with only 6 kids in the class I think

they can work their cooking projects around any food allergies. It's

not fair for one kid to not be able to eat while the others do.

I have kept Mark home from school since then and I called and send I

want to pull him out of the early childhood class. They transferred

me to the teacher. She took full responsiblitly and blame for not

paying attention to his paperwork. I told her that all fine but what

if she wouldn't have ask me to bring the pineapple and someone else

brought it. Mark would have ate the pinneaple and who knows what

kind of reaction he could have had. She claimed that there are

always adults around and if he would start swelling up then they

would have called me and the doctor. I told her it should never get

to that point.

So I told her I want Mark out. With the little bit they do with him

in school I can do that at home with him now that I'm home with him

all day. She still tried to convince me to keep him in school. She

said we will have to have a meeting and then decide what to do. She

said I do have the option of transferring him to a different

district. I said I might consider that but I will not send him back

to her classroom because that is a very irresponsible thing to have

happened. Thank God they didn't actually feel him pineapple!!!

I am dead set about getting him out of this school I don't trust

these people with my son anymore. She said it will be hard to get

him out of this program. I said that by law he doesn't need to be in

school until he is five for kindergarden.

I understand the social involvement withthe other kids is good but

not worth a serious reaction that the pineapple could have caused. I

am ready to work with him my self. And a friend of mine is going to

school for sign language. Mark seems to learn speech the best by

learning the sign first and then the word follows. My friend needs

to put in so many hours in classrooms, with people, etc. of signing

and she offered to come over and teach us signs, and it would also

count towards her hours.

So what do you think. What should I say in this meeting. I have the

meeting Wed. morning. I need any advice, the laws, anything I can

get!!! Thank you.

Tina W.

[Guest guest]

Tina--You have every right to be pissed. When Karson was younger, he seemed to

do better w/ signing too. This is one website I found. It shows the movements

for u too. It has some small words, like mother, father, cat, I love you, happy

etc. I used to love www.handspeak.com but now u have to subscribe. Anyways,

thought u might like to check this out in your spare time.

http://www.bconnex.net/~randys/index1.html Good luck to you. I hope you find a

happy ending to your current situation.

Amie mommy to

Karson 3.5 PDD

Peyton 23 months NT

I Want to pull him out of Preschool

Okay ladies, you always have so much good advice, well I need some.

Mark is allergic to pineapples, he swelled up and got hives from

fruit cocktail juice being in jello. I told his teacher about this

and it is in all of his paperwork at school. Last week when we

picked Mark up from school his teacher ask if we could bring two cans

of ringed pineapple for a cooking project they were doing. I said to

her that Mark can't have pineapple because he is allergic. She

looked stunned. She had no idea. She asked me to bring it anyway

and that Mark just won't be able to eat any of it.

Well I find this unacceptable. For one and most important she should

pay attention to any food allergies any of the kids have. Which

obviously she doesn't. And with only 6 kids in the class I think

they can work their cooking projects around any food allergies. It's

not fair for one kid to not be able to eat while the others do.

I have kept Mark home from school since then and I called and send I

want to pull him out of the early childhood class. They transferred

me to the teacher. She took full responsiblitly and blame for not

paying attention to his paperwork. I told her that all fine but what

if she wouldn't have ask me to bring the pineapple and someone else

brought it. Mark would have ate the pinneaple and who knows what

kind of reaction he could have had. She claimed that there are

always adults around and if he would start swelling up then they

would have called me and the doctor. I told her it should never get

to that point.

So I told her I want Mark out. With the little bit they do with him

in school I can do that at home with him now that I'm home with him

all day. She still tried to convince me to keep him in school. She

said we will have to have a meeting and then decide what to do. She

said I do have the option of transferring him to a different

district. I said I might consider that but I will not send him back

to her classroom because that is a very irresponsible thing to have

happened. Thank God they didn't actually feel him pineapple!!!

I am dead set about getting him out of this school I don't trust

these people with my son anymore. She said it will be hard to get

him out of this program. I said that by law he doesn't need to be in

school until he is five for kindergarden.

I understand the social involvement withthe other kids is good but

not worth a serious reaction that the pineapple could have caused. I

am ready to work with him my self. And a friend of mine is going to

school for sign language. Mark seems to learn speech the best by

learning the sign first and then the word follows. My friend needs

to put in so many hours in classrooms, with people, etc. of signing

and she offered to come over and teach us signs, and it would also

count towards her hours.

So what do you think. What should I say in this meeting. I have the

meeting Wed. morning. I need any advice, the laws, anything I can

get!!! Thank you.

Tina W.