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Trying to get out of school? What are his rights?
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<blockquote data-quote="forkeeps251" data-source="post: 519685" data-attributes="member: 12854"><p>Thanks everyone!! difficult child was in the principals office again today, and he called me. I had sent an email earlier to his teacher, and I guess she forwarded to the principal, because he said he was reading it when difficult child came in. In it I suggested that everyone leave difficult child alone for 30-60 minutes to let him calm down and regroup. They tried that, and it worked and he was able to go back to class. Thankfully, it only two more hours left in the day so maybe I won't have to come pick him up today! </p><p></p><p>The part of the conversation I had today was that the most upsetting to me was when I asked exactly what he did to get sent to the principals office to begin with (while in the principals office he knocked a chair down, that resulted in the phone call). But when I asked him that, the principal said difficult child was getting out of line on the way to the cafeteria. Ummm.... Really? I pretty much said OK, and then what? Because sending a kindergartener to the principal for getting out of line in the hallway on the way to the cafeteria seems absurd. And he said "well it just got worse from there...", and so I asked him how specifically it got worse? And guess what... he didn't even KNOW. So for all I know, and for all he knew, difficult child got sent to the principal for getting out of line in the hallway. Hmmm. </p><p></p><p>After this time, my mom (a former teacher) had lunch with her former boss (retired principal of an elementary school), and her friend was very upset about the way he had been treated. She asked if sending him home was part of the IEP, and the answer is no, it isn't. She said they aren't doing what is in the IEP, and she had some strong recommendations. In fact, she said that she might be willing to come to the next ARD meeting as an advocate. My mom and I think this would be highly entertaining because 1) the lady knows what she is talking about and 2) she isn't likely to take any bull and isn't afraid to say what she thinks. Anyway, it is really something I'm considering. The last ARD meeting was 4-5 weeks ago and since then it seems as though things have gotten worse, so I think I'm pretty justified in requesting one. I'm going to work on trying to figure out how many times he has been sent home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forkeeps251, post: 519685, member: 12854"] Thanks everyone!! difficult child was in the principals office again today, and he called me. I had sent an email earlier to his teacher, and I guess she forwarded to the principal, because he said he was reading it when difficult child came in. In it I suggested that everyone leave difficult child alone for 30-60 minutes to let him calm down and regroup. They tried that, and it worked and he was able to go back to class. Thankfully, it only two more hours left in the day so maybe I won't have to come pick him up today! The part of the conversation I had today was that the most upsetting to me was when I asked exactly what he did to get sent to the principals office to begin with (while in the principals office he knocked a chair down, that resulted in the phone call). But when I asked him that, the principal said difficult child was getting out of line on the way to the cafeteria. Ummm.... Really? I pretty much said OK, and then what? Because sending a kindergartener to the principal for getting out of line in the hallway on the way to the cafeteria seems absurd. And he said "well it just got worse from there...", and so I asked him how specifically it got worse? And guess what... he didn't even KNOW. So for all I know, and for all he knew, difficult child got sent to the principal for getting out of line in the hallway. Hmmm. After this time, my mom (a former teacher) had lunch with her former boss (retired principal of an elementary school), and her friend was very upset about the way he had been treated. She asked if sending him home was part of the IEP, and the answer is no, it isn't. She said they aren't doing what is in the IEP, and she had some strong recommendations. In fact, she said that she might be willing to come to the next ARD meeting as an advocate. My mom and I think this would be highly entertaining because 1) the lady knows what she is talking about and 2) she isn't likely to take any bull and isn't afraid to say what she thinks. Anyway, it is really something I'm considering. The last ARD meeting was 4-5 weeks ago and since then it seems as though things have gotten worse, so I think I'm pretty justified in requesting one. I'm going to work on trying to figure out how many times he has been sent home. [/QUOTE]
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