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Case management meeting today, Difficult Child turns 18 in 3 days...
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<blockquote data-quote="Roxona" data-source="post: 682247" data-attributes="member: 19076"><p>J's senior year was the same way. All he had to do was show up, and they would be happy to jettison him out a side door without a proper diploma. Be careful. The moment J turned 18, the school threw a huge brick wall at me. They told him I no longer needed to be involved...period. I was the only one fighting for his education, and they didn't want anyone fighting against them. I was fighting for a real diploma and the education to go with it, instead of a certificate of completion that looked like a real diploma, but didn't hold the same weight because he wasn't going to be able to pass the SBA tests which students are required to pass in order to graduate. Oh! But they didn't give him an Algebra II class, and guess what?! There are Algebra II questions on that test. Yeah...he's going to pass that for sure...Not! They were completely setting J and a bunch of the other special education students up for failure. My blood boils just thinking about it.</p><p></p><p>J didn't care about school. He wanted to drop out, so there was no way he would sign anything giving me any right to fight for him. The only leverage I had over him to stay in school was the truck I gave him when he turned 18, but kept in my name. He graduated with a valid diploma 3 months after he turned 19. Boy was that a rough year and 3 months! Whew!</p><p></p><p>My advice is to get everything sorted out in your favor as quickly as possible. I hope you have better schools and better teachers than we have. I'm sending you all my best wishes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roxona, post: 682247, member: 19076"] J's senior year was the same way. All he had to do was show up, and they would be happy to jettison him out a side door without a proper diploma. Be careful. The moment J turned 18, the school threw a huge brick wall at me. They told him I no longer needed to be involved...period. I was the only one fighting for his education, and they didn't want anyone fighting against them. I was fighting for a real diploma and the education to go with it, instead of a certificate of completion that looked like a real diploma, but didn't hold the same weight because he wasn't going to be able to pass the SBA tests which students are required to pass in order to graduate. Oh! But they didn't give him an Algebra II class, and guess what?! There are Algebra II questions on that test. Yeah...he's going to pass that for sure...Not! They were completely setting J and a bunch of the other special education students up for failure. My blood boils just thinking about it. J didn't care about school. He wanted to drop out, so there was no way he would sign anything giving me any right to fight for him. The only leverage I had over him to stay in school was the truck I gave him when he turned 18, but kept in my name. He graduated with a valid diploma 3 months after he turned 19. Boy was that a rough year and 3 months! Whew! My advice is to get everything sorted out in your favor as quickly as possible. I hope you have better schools and better teachers than we have. I'm sending you all my best wishes. [/QUOTE]
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