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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 459561" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Insane, there really can be major cultural differences both in rural vs city as well as between different countries. Where we live, for example, is in one particular well known segment of Sydney. This area is also notorious for similar attitudes in education staff both at the school level and at the next level up. I found that to get the help we needed, I had to go a lot higher up the chain of command, and that caused other problems. There are some schools in our area (an increasing number) that are great. And other parts of Sydney, including the correspondence school where difficult child 3 is now enrolled, are marvellous. But yes, attitudes like this can prevail in an area, and often where you get one in a school, the whole school is "contaminated". Or a bigger area - a district, a province, a state, a country. Just remember that there are parts of the world where school is expensive, optional and often for boys only.</p><p></p><p>In our local school the problems were really bad. I thought the new principal would bring some positive change and for a while it looked like this was the case - old teachers who had been big problems were leaving. But this new principal now seems far worse, and is frankly a nightmare for parents of difficult children. What is more, our rules have changed so it is now almost impossible to do what I did and complain to a higher authority. The principals are now far more autonomous which means they can make up the rules as they go. The latest gem appears to be that the principal can refuse to call an IEP meeting even where a parent has asked all the right questions in writing and accompanied it with a specialist's diagnosis. The principal can simply say, "No, I don't want to," and the parent can do nothing.</p><p></p><p>I do believe Malika when she says that this is a big problem, one she cannot fix at the local level or in the bigger picture.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 459561, member: 1991"] Insane, there really can be major cultural differences both in rural vs city as well as between different countries. Where we live, for example, is in one particular well known segment of Sydney. This area is also notorious for similar attitudes in education staff both at the school level and at the next level up. I found that to get the help we needed, I had to go a lot higher up the chain of command, and that caused other problems. There are some schools in our area (an increasing number) that are great. And other parts of Sydney, including the correspondence school where difficult child 3 is now enrolled, are marvellous. But yes, attitudes like this can prevail in an area, and often where you get one in a school, the whole school is "contaminated". Or a bigger area - a district, a province, a state, a country. Just remember that there are parts of the world where school is expensive, optional and often for boys only. In our local school the problems were really bad. I thought the new principal would bring some positive change and for a while it looked like this was the case - old teachers who had been big problems were leaving. But this new principal now seems far worse, and is frankly a nightmare for parents of difficult children. What is more, our rules have changed so it is now almost impossible to do what I did and complain to a higher authority. The principals are now far more autonomous which means they can make up the rules as they go. The latest gem appears to be that the principal can refuse to call an IEP meeting even where a parent has asked all the right questions in writing and accompanied it with a specialist's diagnosis. The principal can simply say, "No, I don't want to," and the parent can do nothing. I do believe Malika when she says that this is a big problem, one she cannot fix at the local level or in the bigger picture. Marg [/QUOTE]
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