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Angie4b1g

Angie4b1g

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if I set up my computer in there?

I'm having to sit in my son's first grade classroom about half the day or more so that they don't send him home. I need to scrap! I'm going batty!

They won't mind if I lug my desktop in there and my 23" monitor, will they? :giggle
 
I'm gonna cry soon. Pretty much I have to sit there 8:30-3:20 for the rest of the year until his IEP is written, and then I have to let him be transferred to the ED Unit (or they'll suspend him 4 more days at which point they won't need me to agree). :(

Because, you know, I have nothing better to do all day. And never mind that I don't want him to go to the ED Unit, it doesn't seem to matter what I want or think, only what's most convenient for the administration.
 
Oh wow Angie. What state are you in? Each state has different guidelines for IEPs I know. My son has special needs, but we are fortunate to have a state that supports the kids, and the school has been very accomodating for us.

Hugs to you. Would be so stressful to have to be there every day to keep your son on task and in school. :(
 
Ohio. It's a big mess. He's not violent, he's just ADHD and very rebellious. I don't see how putting him with violent kids is going to improve his situation. But really my biggest objection is that this is at a different elementary school, and I'm not excited about a) uprooting him and b) separating him from his brother.
 
It's extra helpful that when I object to spending the next 10 school days in the classroom full time, my husband implies that I'm selfish and a crap mother for not wanting to deal with my child.

Easy to say for him in his cozy office downtown, ya know?

Ugh.
 
Oh mercy!! I'd tell them to send his work home with him and you'll do it from home. (or do you not want him home?). Can they have the IEP done sooner? Maybe if you tell them that you're pulling him out until it's written they'll get you in there right away.

My son ended up being expelled in high school as an LD student, and had to be changed to ED and moved to an institution. We did the day program...he didn't live there, but it was tough. They did everything from an ED IEP, and he was still very much LD and needed both. I wanted him to just be safe and learn.

Big major hugs Angie. I know how hard this is!!!!
 
We emailed them last night and said fine, we agree to the ED placement (which was hard enough). They replied with "ok initial meeting on Monday, and oh by the way, you are no longer welcome in the classroom because it's too disruptive".

I was not remotely disruptive.

They just want the opportunity to suspend him, which they can't do if I'm there because I keep him on task.

So mark my words, he'll be sent home today on either a 2 or 3 day suspension. It will start tomorrow so that he will be suspended Thursday and Friday, and possibly Monday, and then the meeting is Monday, so they will push for the move to happen on Tuesday.
 
Ugh, I'm so sorry Angie, this sounds very stressful. I hope you're able to find a good solution for everyone in your family. Hugs!
 
Oh Angie I am sorry you have to go through this! They sound SO helpful! (not!) I hope in the end it all works out for what is best for your son and family!

(Ooh and stop being such a disruption.. geesh. Can't take some people anywhere :p )
 
Oh Angie, I'm sorry you have to deal with all of this! It certainly doesn't sound like they're making every effort to help him.
 
I don't really chat here much, but after reading this, I just had to chime in. I think what the school (admin) did was horrible! When my oldest was in 7th grade, we had a similar problem. Basically, her teachers (I feel that it was really lead by one particular teacher) felt that she needed to be moved down a level in the special education system. I didn't feel this was really needed because she was doing the work it just took her twice as long to do the work. She was so proud that she was doing the work, I felt it would seem to her a punishment to move her. I did end up moving her, after her classmates abusing her escalated (it started with them not wanting to be friends with her and ended up with them hitting her, then her teachers told me "we can't protect her" from the other classmates) that maybe that wasn't the environment for her.

To this day, I feel that they allowed the abuse to happen so I would move her because the teachers (one especially) was tired of having to take the extra time with her. After reading you're story Angie, I felt that the admin may have done the same thing with wearing you down to get their way.
 
That's terrible, Tasha. :( I am starting to feel like they only want the perfect kids in the class, and the rest of them they just don't want to deal with.
 
Oh... I totally agree with that Angie... and some seem to think that you should be able to snap your fingers and have a "perfect" child. well, my life doesn't work that way.
 
THat is just awful, Angie. Im so glad the schools here can make the meeting to help the parents out. Even if the parents cant make it but they try to even do a telephone conference to help the parents out. Im so glad the school here works with the student and the parents.

I hope you get it all taken care of soon :) Many Hugs.
 
Thanks, everyone.

Honestly, the only thing that's saved me (and him) so far is the fact that he's my 5th. The school knows me, knows my family, we've been long time residents of the district. KWIM?
 
Oh and just to update. They've more or less banned me from the classroom. She said I'm a disruption. W.TF. I PREVENT disruptions.

So yesterday I wasn't allowed to go, but guess who went in my place... the superintendent. I think the teacher just experienced a case of "careful what you wish for". LOL. She got rid of me, and got her boss. Hope she had a good lesson plan. ;)
 
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