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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 466875" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>Terry,</p><p></p><p>I'm so sad to say that this is my community. Fortunately our local newspaper, the Atlanta Journal Constitution. has been working on in depth articles about school issues for a couple of years now. Our standardized test "cheating scandal" is nationwide news and quite an embarrassment for us all. I'm not surprised though, when you base teacher's bonuses on how well their students perform on standardized tests - well, we all know the result. The most amazing thing was the incredibly large numbers of people who were involved. And frankly, I think this issue very much relates to the treatment of this student and his family.</p><p></p><p>I'm not at all surprised by the vigorous litigation and character assassination of the family by this school system. difficult child and I spoke about this at length. He said, spending that much money on litigation just doesn't make sense, so he guessed the district was trying to make an example of the family, so that no one else would try to get assistance. He really gets it! But he lived through it, on a much , much smaller scale. The school system tried in every way to prevent him from getting any type of service. We had to get our own evaluations, insist on 504 meetings, help the Special Education folks develop and write goals, educate the teachers about Asperger's - etc. etc. No money or time was spent except for our own. I'm not even going to get into the attitudes of some of difficult child's teachers.... some were great.... but others made his and our lives h*ll. </p><p></p><p>The funny thing about it.... he's begun his third year at one of the local universities - and he hasn't had one bit of trouble or push back. In fact, he's kept a "B" average so that he has retained his scholarship. Odd, isn't it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 466875, member: 3704"] Terry, I'm so sad to say that this is my community. Fortunately our local newspaper, the Atlanta Journal Constitution. has been working on in depth articles about school issues for a couple of years now. Our standardized test "cheating scandal" is nationwide news and quite an embarrassment for us all. I'm not surprised though, when you base teacher's bonuses on how well their students perform on standardized tests - well, we all know the result. The most amazing thing was the incredibly large numbers of people who were involved. And frankly, I think this issue very much relates to the treatment of this student and his family. I'm not at all surprised by the vigorous litigation and character assassination of the family by this school system. difficult child and I spoke about this at length. He said, spending that much money on litigation just doesn't make sense, so he guessed the district was trying to make an example of the family, so that no one else would try to get assistance. He really gets it! But he lived through it, on a much , much smaller scale. The school system tried in every way to prevent him from getting any type of service. We had to get our own evaluations, insist on 504 meetings, help the Special Education folks develop and write goals, educate the teachers about Asperger's - etc. etc. No money or time was spent except for our own. I'm not even going to get into the attitudes of some of difficult child's teachers.... some were great.... but others made his and our lives h*ll. The funny thing about it.... he's begun his third year at one of the local universities - and he hasn't had one bit of trouble or push back. In fact, he's kept a "B" average so that he has retained his scholarship. Odd, isn't it? [/QUOTE]
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