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<blockquote data-quote="vja4Him" data-source="post: 360375"><p>Grades started to rapidly fall when we moved. My son has a very serious problem with disorganization, losing things, misplacing stuff, problems staying on task, focusing, paying attention, etc. I've tried communicating with all of his teachers, continually asking them to help my son, give him make-up work, but they have not cooperated.</p><p></p><p>My son was attacked by gangsters on three separate occasions. The last time, I decided that he will not walk to school again. I don't drive, and there is no school bus. I started sending out e-mails to every e-mail address I could find in the district, and several hours later, after 6:00 p.m., Friday, got a call from one of the administrators. We had a good chat, and he told me he thought that we would quality for free vouchers for my son to take Dial-A-Ride to school.</p><p></p><p>Following Monday, another administrator delivered the vouchers to our home. So my son was back in school, after missing three days. I tried to get the teachers to help my son make up the work, but they insisted that my son meet with them before school or after school. My son told them he can't because he rides the bus, but they kept insisting .... I sent e-mails explaining to the teachers what happened, and that my son cannot meet with them. They continued to persist and tell my son that he needs to meet with them on his own time ..... </p><p></p><p>Oh yes, the teachers said that they don't have time during class to give my son any assignments! What a lame excuse ... !!! They could easily put something together before school, after school, when they get home, on the weekends. I work as a substitute teacher, and I've had long-term assignments where I have done just that, even though I don't get paid squat for all the extra work I've done (about $1/hr, that's one dollar per hour, for each extra hour that I do).</p><p></p><p>Quite often the regular teacher leaves me extra work to pass out to any students who need it ... !!! I don't work in my son's school district and never would, even if they paid double what I make.</p><p></p><p>With various doctor appointments, my son being sick .... he has missed numerous assignments. If the teachers would have simply provided my son with make-up work, he could have brought all of his grades up to at least mostly Bs, some As, maybe one C.</p><p></p><p>He also has physical problems, and cannot keep up with the PE requirements. The PE teacher made fun of my son and told him that she could walk the mile faster than my son can run! She actually sent me that in an e-mail message, which I have saved and will print out, along with all of the other e-mails that I've received from the school, and that I've sent to the school.</p><p></p><p>I demanded an apology from the teacher, and sent a copy of the message to the assistant principal. That really must have rocked the boat. Never heard back from that PE teacher since. I became so frustrated, that I guess I lost it for a moment, and sent a short message to the school saying that their school policies are BS. Guess somebody didn't like that word.</p><p></p><p>The assistant principal told me to not contact my son's teachers anymore. They think that I'm being too negative! Well, today I did contact several of my son's teachers, because I'm tired of playing around, and tired of their BS ... !!! She asked me why I contacted my son's teachers when she specifically told me not to. I stood my ground and told her that I had no choice, because I'm not getting the help that I need for my son.</p><p></p><p>So, I have a feeling that the meeting next Wednesday is going to be slightly uncomfortable ..... </p><p></p><p>Our family situation is basically the same, reasonably stable. I've been a single father, raising my two boys all on my own for about 5 1/2 years now. We struggle to make ends meet, but we get by somehow .... </p><p></p><p>They told me that I'm too negative.</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="vja4Him, post: 360375"] Grades started to rapidly fall when we moved. My son has a very serious problem with disorganization, losing things, misplacing stuff, problems staying on task, focusing, paying attention, etc. I've tried communicating with all of his teachers, continually asking them to help my son, give him make-up work, but they have not cooperated. My son was attacked by gangsters on three separate occasions. The last time, I decided that he will not walk to school again. I don't drive, and there is no school bus. I started sending out e-mails to every e-mail address I could find in the district, and several hours later, after 6:00 p.m., Friday, got a call from one of the administrators. We had a good chat, and he told me he thought that we would quality for free vouchers for my son to take Dial-A-Ride to school. Following Monday, another administrator delivered the vouchers to our home. So my son was back in school, after missing three days. I tried to get the teachers to help my son make up the work, but they insisted that my son meet with them before school or after school. My son told them he can't because he rides the bus, but they kept insisting .... I sent e-mails explaining to the teachers what happened, and that my son cannot meet with them. They continued to persist and tell my son that he needs to meet with them on his own time ..... Oh yes, the teachers said that they don't have time during class to give my son any assignments! What a lame excuse ... !!! They could easily put something together before school, after school, when they get home, on the weekends. I work as a substitute teacher, and I've had long-term assignments where I have done just that, even though I don't get paid squat for all the extra work I've done (about $1/hr, that's one dollar per hour, for each extra hour that I do). Quite often the regular teacher leaves me extra work to pass out to any students who need it ... !!! I don't work in my son's school district and never would, even if they paid double what I make. With various doctor appointments, my son being sick .... he has missed numerous assignments. If the teachers would have simply provided my son with make-up work, he could have brought all of his grades up to at least mostly Bs, some As, maybe one C. He also has physical problems, and cannot keep up with the PE requirements. The PE teacher made fun of my son and told him that she could walk the mile faster than my son can run! She actually sent me that in an e-mail message, which I have saved and will print out, along with all of the other e-mails that I've received from the school, and that I've sent to the school. I demanded an apology from the teacher, and sent a copy of the message to the assistant principal. That really must have rocked the boat. Never heard back from that PE teacher since. I became so frustrated, that I guess I lost it for a moment, and sent a short message to the school saying that their school policies are BS. Guess somebody didn't like that word. The assistant principal told me to not contact my son's teachers anymore. They think that I'm being too negative! Well, today I did contact several of my son's teachers, because I'm tired of playing around, and tired of their BS ... !!! She asked me why I contacted my son's teachers when she specifically told me not to. I stood my ground and told her that I had no choice, because I'm not getting the help that I need for my son. So, I have a feeling that the meeting next Wednesday is going to be slightly uncomfortable ..... Our family situation is basically the same, reasonably stable. I've been a single father, raising my two boys all on my own for about 5 1/2 years now. We struggle to make ends meet, but we get by somehow .... They told me that I'm too negative. Sharon[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]
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