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Don't do what we did (huge school mistake) LONG
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 387538" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>We all make mistakes in this area- shoot, you'd have to be a Special Education attny to have half a chance. I have spent the week fighting for my son (who is in Department of Juvenile Justice and therefore, a Department of Juvenile Justice school) to get enough classes that count toward a diploma in mainstream so he won't be held back a year when he's released next year. I thought the dept of correctional educational was actually under the dept of education but nope- apparently they have no one over them and I was about to blow a top- until I starting making phone calls all over the state to find out "what about any requirements that school has for receiving federal funding", "what about his iep and NCLB", and "what about the fact that the state doe accredits this school but yet this school either doesn't have or is refusing to allow my son to take regular core classes that he wants to take and that are REQUIRED to be offered in accredited schools in this state".</p><p></p><p>So this evening I called the state dept of correctional education - thinking I'd get nowhere because last year they acted like a typical school board that doesn't do much more than back up their school. I don't know how it happened but the lady who oversees instruction at the Department of Juvenile Justice schools had already looked at difficult child's file and was aware of all of it- plus she must have been sent a copy of my letter to the school saying this was unnaceptable. Sooooo, difficult child will be starting in the core classes he needs in Jan and continue them thru the summer until he's released next year. That's about the best I can hope for at this point since the nit-wits didn't put him in those classes when he transferred there last month.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to hi-jack your thread. Moral of story is to never give up and make sure that sd knows you are a warrior mom who cares about your child's education and your child cares about it, too. </p><p></p><p>My gut tells me that the Department of Juvenile Justice school didn't have the teachers to teach the more academic courses and they would drag their feet if no parent pursued it. However, what I learned is that #1, there are requirements to keep federal funding, #2 there are requirements of the school to keep accreditation and they weren't meeting them, and most importantly, #3 since difficult child's IEP stated that he is working for a standard or advanced diploma, it kicked it in to the state and federal laws overseeing IEP compliance. So simply because that statement was written in his IEP, they cannot continue him in a bunch of classes like commercial cleaning. But you know if I hadn't been a squeaky wheel, they would have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 387538, member: 3699"] We all make mistakes in this area- shoot, you'd have to be a Special Education attny to have half a chance. I have spent the week fighting for my son (who is in Department of Juvenile Justice and therefore, a Department of Juvenile Justice school) to get enough classes that count toward a diploma in mainstream so he won't be held back a year when he's released next year. I thought the dept of correctional educational was actually under the dept of education but nope- apparently they have no one over them and I was about to blow a top- until I starting making phone calls all over the state to find out "what about any requirements that school has for receiving federal funding", "what about his iep and NCLB", and "what about the fact that the state doe accredits this school but yet this school either doesn't have or is refusing to allow my son to take regular core classes that he wants to take and that are REQUIRED to be offered in accredited schools in this state". So this evening I called the state dept of correctional education - thinking I'd get nowhere because last year they acted like a typical school board that doesn't do much more than back up their school. I don't know how it happened but the lady who oversees instruction at the Department of Juvenile Justice schools had already looked at difficult child's file and was aware of all of it- plus she must have been sent a copy of my letter to the school saying this was unnaceptable. Sooooo, difficult child will be starting in the core classes he needs in Jan and continue them thru the summer until he's released next year. That's about the best I can hope for at this point since the nit-wits didn't put him in those classes when he transferred there last month. Sorry to hi-jack your thread. Moral of story is to never give up and make sure that sd knows you are a warrior mom who cares about your child's education and your child cares about it, too. My gut tells me that the Department of Juvenile Justice school didn't have the teachers to teach the more academic courses and they would drag their feet if no parent pursued it. However, what I learned is that #1, there are requirements to keep federal funding, #2 there are requirements of the school to keep accreditation and they weren't meeting them, and most importantly, #3 since difficult child's IEP stated that he is working for a standard or advanced diploma, it kicked it in to the state and federal laws overseeing IEP compliance. So simply because that statement was written in his IEP, they cannot continue him in a bunch of classes like commercial cleaning. But you know if I hadn't been a squeaky wheel, they would have. [/QUOTE]
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