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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 388656" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi. Thanks again. We tried being nice. It was a disaster as they took total advantage of us. Sadly, this often happens, especially if you don't know the laws. It's not that we AREN'T nice. We are. But we do know it's up to us to take care of our kids...they are more concerned with money and the time it takes to do a modified curriculum, etc. My sister is a class aide in Illinois in an autism class and her stories are mindboggling. We are at the point, unfortunately, where we don't trust the SD. The Special Education Director, whom we know WELL because of BOTH our kids, is a parent's nightmare. He was supposed to take an early retirement and the parents were doing cartwheels. Unfortunately, he is back and he's the only game in town at our very small school (40 kids per grade). I'm sure my daughter will get a diploma regardless of what they do, but my daughter wants more than that and we want to give her the very best chance. </p><p>So the saga continues. On the plus side, everyone likes my daughter. She had never been in trouble and is really a very good kid. I hope that works in her favor.</p><p>A note on homeschooling again: If my daughter were different, I'd sign her up for a public online school. It's free and a lot of people are doing this now. But she wouldn't be able to place sports or mingle with her friends at exciting school events and she LOVES both. She isn't really a studious kid...she's more active. So the museums, libraries, stuff like that would not satisfy her. I did homeschool my kids for one year (when daughter was only three). There is a homeschool community, but most of the kids in it were just very different types of kids from my daughter and since s he is such a social butterfly (and very well liked) I can't take that away from her, even though I'd love to yank her from the school...(sigh).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 388656, member: 1550"] Hi. Thanks again. We tried being nice. It was a disaster as they took total advantage of us. Sadly, this often happens, especially if you don't know the laws. It's not that we AREN'T nice. We are. But we do know it's up to us to take care of our kids...they are more concerned with money and the time it takes to do a modified curriculum, etc. My sister is a class aide in Illinois in an autism class and her stories are mindboggling. We are at the point, unfortunately, where we don't trust the SD. The Special Education Director, whom we know WELL because of BOTH our kids, is a parent's nightmare. He was supposed to take an early retirement and the parents were doing cartwheels. Unfortunately, he is back and he's the only game in town at our very small school (40 kids per grade). I'm sure my daughter will get a diploma regardless of what they do, but my daughter wants more than that and we want to give her the very best chance. So the saga continues. On the plus side, everyone likes my daughter. She had never been in trouble and is really a very good kid. I hope that works in her favor. A note on homeschooling again: If my daughter were different, I'd sign her up for a public online school. It's free and a lot of people are doing this now. But she wouldn't be able to place sports or mingle with her friends at exciting school events and she LOVES both. She isn't really a studious kid...she's more active. So the museums, libraries, stuff like that would not satisfy her. I did homeschool my kids for one year (when daughter was only three). There is a homeschool community, but most of the kids in it were just very different types of kids from my daughter and since s he is such a social butterfly (and very well liked) I can't take that away from her, even though I'd love to yank her from the school...(sigh). [/QUOTE]
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