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> In a message dated 4/7/03 10:50:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> rwinters@b... writes:

>

> > Am I making a reasonable request that they should honor? Do they

> > have the right to refuse to put the incident in writing? What is

my

> > recourse, short of asking for a written explanation as to why

they

> > won't, if it comes to that? Should I go over her head? To the

asst.

> > superintendant or the special ed director?? You know, I find it

> > very ironic that they should balk at my request for them to write

> > something, given the hard time they have understanding and

> > sympathizing with Braden under the exact same circumstances!!

> >

> > Kathy

> >

>

> Personally, I like having an incident report always. When Royce

got into a

> brawl in school in grade 6, I ran into the same problem. Everyone

could tell

> me he was going to be punished and I got various versions of

events,

> depending upon who we talked to. But getting it in writing was a

real b****!

> They acted as if nobody had ever requested that before. Maybe,

maybe not!

> But the v.principal did write something down for me eventually.

They also

> got rid of his punishment while I was tracking down " the truth. "

<g>

>

> It may not be something they do automatically but I personally

insist on

> having an incident report for my own records. Just be really nice,

smile a

> lot as you repeat your request over and over again. Say it really

> s-l-o-w-l-y too. That might help. <gg>

>

> If she refuses to put anything in writing, then you will need to

write up

> your own account and send it to everyone. You can also say

something like,

> " If this version of events is not correct, please send me a written

> correction by 4-15-03. After that date, I will assume it is

correct as

> written. "

> Roxanna ôô

Oh Roxanna, that's good...that is REALLY good!!!! LOL! If I am

forced to do that, I will probably send " my version " to her superior

as well!! That would certainly get a response from somebody!!!

Maybe I'll have to " suggest " that I will do that if I haven't seen

the report or heard anything from anyone by then. Also, I didn't

hear back from the guidance counselor about my receiving the copy of

the FBA before the meeting. So I sent her another email today with

copies to Braden's learning support teacher and the asst. supervisor

of special ed.

Kathy