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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 335058" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am quite in line with Marg in that I always, politely and firmly, stand by my child also. It is not easy. Even with letters send via certified mail our school TRIED to extend the number of days to get testing done by saying it didn't start until I signed a specific permission form for the testing. I, very politely, took a copy of the law, and of a legal opinion that said that a letter was sufficient, if sent certified, to start the timeline even if a permission form was sent home. The form never was - they waited for me to ASK to even get the form. Tried to say it was sent home with my child, but as I picked him up at the classroom daily and his teacher saw me walk him to class every day, clearly it was NOT. Nothing was EVER given to him. It was always given to ME because I was there. </p><p></p><p>I let the principal know this. I gave him the opinion, and the copy of the law that says NOTHING about permission forms. I also let him know that lots of testing happens with-o a permission form and in this case the letter specifically stated it was giving "permission for testing to happen as soon as possible and was to be considered the equivalent of my signature on a form". </p><p></p><p>When I needed help just two weeks later because thank you was having his coat stolen on the bus on a regular basis the principal made a LOT of phone calls to other schools and to parents. It did help that an older student, on of Jessie's friends, and her brother knew the last names of the bullies and offered to tell the principal for us. On days when this young lady, a true difficult child in every sense of the word, was on the bus he was NOT teased after that. She punched one boy who grabbed thank you up and yanked his coat off of him. She packs one hard punch! The driver had been having trouble with the boy all year long and "didn't see" when he got punched. Of course, the young lady was smart enough to have several kids standing up between her and the driver when she did it. (As I said, she IS a difficult child!).</p><p></p><p>If I had upset or angered our principal he would NOT have done much about the bus problem. HE thought I gave him the info so he would understand the "latest" about sp ed law because "he is too busy" to know it. I offered that "excuse" for him to use, to let him save face. But he also knew if the testing was not done in time I WOULD call the superintendent.</p><p></p><p>So you CAN keep a good relationship. But you DO have to put wee first and let them know it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 335058, member: 1233"] I am quite in line with Marg in that I always, politely and firmly, stand by my child also. It is not easy. Even with letters send via certified mail our school TRIED to extend the number of days to get testing done by saying it didn't start until I signed a specific permission form for the testing. I, very politely, took a copy of the law, and of a legal opinion that said that a letter was sufficient, if sent certified, to start the timeline even if a permission form was sent home. The form never was - they waited for me to ASK to even get the form. Tried to say it was sent home with my child, but as I picked him up at the classroom daily and his teacher saw me walk him to class every day, clearly it was NOT. Nothing was EVER given to him. It was always given to ME because I was there. I let the principal know this. I gave him the opinion, and the copy of the law that says NOTHING about permission forms. I also let him know that lots of testing happens with-o a permission form and in this case the letter specifically stated it was giving "permission for testing to happen as soon as possible and was to be considered the equivalent of my signature on a form". When I needed help just two weeks later because thank you was having his coat stolen on the bus on a regular basis the principal made a LOT of phone calls to other schools and to parents. It did help that an older student, on of Jessie's friends, and her brother knew the last names of the bullies and offered to tell the principal for us. On days when this young lady, a true difficult child in every sense of the word, was on the bus he was NOT teased after that. She punched one boy who grabbed thank you up and yanked his coat off of him. She packs one hard punch! The driver had been having trouble with the boy all year long and "didn't see" when he got punched. Of course, the young lady was smart enough to have several kids standing up between her and the driver when she did it. (As I said, she IS a difficult child!). If I had upset or angered our principal he would NOT have done much about the bus problem. HE thought I gave him the info so he would understand the "latest" about sp ed law because "he is too busy" to know it. I offered that "excuse" for him to use, to let him save face. But he also knew if the testing was not done in time I WOULD call the superintendent. So you CAN keep a good relationship. But you DO have to put wee first and let them know it. [/QUOTE]
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