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<blockquote data-quote="rejectedmom" data-source="post: 504332" data-attributes="member: 2315"><p>Shaking my head here Buddy. Are they freaking kidding???? You are to spend one hour observing and then feel comfortable about going ahead with the placement????? This is beyond ridiculos. I once had a principal threaten me when I asked to observe a classroom. She told me that I was not welcome and that if I showed up the police would be called. When I asked how she justified that statement when they had an open door policy she hung up on me. Fortunately I had my husband on the other line to witness this. There was history between me and this principal only in that she wanted me to medicate my son and I wanted my son's placement changed first and then would consider medication if a closed concept classroom didn't work. The closed concept teacher was more than willing to take my son and it was she that had approached me about it. Unfortunately the first year instructor my son was assigned to balked and took it as a personal insult to her teaching abilities and her ego. It was the tenth week of school and my son had been sent to disipline every day but one. I had problems with that since he had never experienced that in the past. I observed the classroom he was in and it was chaotic at best. Not the place for an early ID'd Learning Disability (LD) kid with ADHD who had been getting services since age 16 month even if on medications. His english and reading teachers had, on their own, already transferred him to the closed room teacher who had requested (also on her own) to have him for all subjects. But she was met with resistance and I was contacted. I had called and talked with the principal about the diciplanary action taken everyday for ten weeks and her reply was "you see it as ten weeks I see it as ONLY ten weeks." To which I replied that if it was her son being diciplined everyday for ten weeks she would not be taking that stance. In all my dealing with this principal and the teachers I had always been polite and professional and involved. The principal's response to call police and have me hauled away in handcuffs if I steped foot on the school grounds was entirely uncalled for and totally over the top. After I was hung up on, I very calmly told my husband that this woman had no idea<em><u><strong> who</strong></u></em> she had just hung up on and immediately made a call to the School board. I was assigned a mediator who was a retired spEd teacher. Shortly there after we had a meeting to address our issues. I walked in and sat down and was joined by SP ed mediator Speach language all aligned with me and sat on my side of table. I placed my son's very cute 8x10 picture in front of me and began the meeting with " Whatever you think about me as a person is not relevant here. This meeting is about this child who's picture is before you. I ask that you put any anamosity you might harbor aside and his best intrest first and formost" I left the picture there the entire meeting and the principal and Classroom teacher had all wind knocked out of their sails as a result. After the meetting the mediator said that that was the first time she had ever seen a parent do that but she would be recommending it to all that she represented from that point on. The principal came under alot of scrutiny as a result of the mediator getting involved and an investigation was launched into her practices. She didn't come out of that unscathed. She was temporarily retired to office work in the school board building and sent to classes for additional training. She got another school a few years later and I am told was a good principal there. I am saying that you should file a legitimate complaint anywhere and everywhere it is appropriate it can have good results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rejectedmom, post: 504332, member: 2315"] Shaking my head here Buddy. Are they freaking kidding???? You are to spend one hour observing and then feel comfortable about going ahead with the placement????? This is beyond ridiculos. I once had a principal threaten me when I asked to observe a classroom. She told me that I was not welcome and that if I showed up the police would be called. When I asked how she justified that statement when they had an open door policy she hung up on me. Fortunately I had my husband on the other line to witness this. There was history between me and this principal only in that she wanted me to medicate my son and I wanted my son's placement changed first and then would consider medication if a closed concept classroom didn't work. The closed concept teacher was more than willing to take my son and it was she that had approached me about it. Unfortunately the first year instructor my son was assigned to balked and took it as a personal insult to her teaching abilities and her ego. It was the tenth week of school and my son had been sent to disipline every day but one. I had problems with that since he had never experienced that in the past. I observed the classroom he was in and it was chaotic at best. Not the place for an early ID'd Learning Disability (LD) kid with ADHD who had been getting services since age 16 month even if on medications. His english and reading teachers had, on their own, already transferred him to the closed room teacher who had requested (also on her own) to have him for all subjects. But she was met with resistance and I was contacted. I had called and talked with the principal about the diciplanary action taken everyday for ten weeks and her reply was "you see it as ten weeks I see it as ONLY ten weeks." To which I replied that if it was her son being diciplined everyday for ten weeks she would not be taking that stance. In all my dealing with this principal and the teachers I had always been polite and professional and involved. The principal's response to call police and have me hauled away in handcuffs if I steped foot on the school grounds was entirely uncalled for and totally over the top. After I was hung up on, I very calmly told my husband that this woman had no idea[I][U][B] who[/B][/U][/I] she had just hung up on and immediately made a call to the School board. I was assigned a mediator who was a retired spEd teacher. Shortly there after we had a meeting to address our issues. I walked in and sat down and was joined by SP ed mediator Speach language all aligned with me and sat on my side of table. I placed my son's very cute 8x10 picture in front of me and began the meeting with " Whatever you think about me as a person is not relevant here. This meeting is about this child who's picture is before you. I ask that you put any anamosity you might harbor aside and his best intrest first and formost" I left the picture there the entire meeting and the principal and Classroom teacher had all wind knocked out of their sails as a result. After the meetting the mediator said that that was the first time she had ever seen a parent do that but she would be recommending it to all that she represented from that point on. The principal came under alot of scrutiny as a result of the mediator getting involved and an investigation was launched into her practices. She didn't come out of that unscathed. She was temporarily retired to office work in the school board building and sent to classes for additional training. She got another school a few years later and I am told was a good principal there. I am saying that you should file a legitimate complaint anywhere and everywhere it is appropriate it can have good results. [/QUOTE]
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