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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 72524" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>UPDATE!</p><p></p><p>We had the meeting this afternoon and it went well. I spoke about how the issues for which he is classified, coupled with the lack of any education for most of 6th grade, impacted on his score on the placement test. The SD atty was completely unaware that my son had been shoved by his 6th grade math teacher and when he looked at the Pupil Personnel head and she nodded yes, that did happen, he went pale. My next comment was that we are reasonable parents, we just want what is best for our child. When my husband left the room to get our son, I pointed out that I had not tried to push my oldest son or my daughter into honors math and that I did not want him there or in sciencejust so I could say "Oh, my son is in honors!" as I do live in a very competitive SD.</p><p></p><p>The lawyer said that he would be eligible for honors science in grade 9 even if he was not in it this year and I asked him how many students ever made it into honors math or science in HS if they weren't in it in MS? He couldn't answer - I know of none and I've lived here 10 years. I then said that this decision could impact his entire HS career because this science course is for HS credit, so it would put him ahead and allow him to take AP and college level courses for two years in HS, instead of just one.</p><p></p><p>We next discussed how my son would react if he didn't do well and had to be removed from the class. I can't conceive of that (I gave him one of the recent end-of-year tests in this subject to do and he got a 74, without having taken the course) but I said I thought he would prefer that to not being given a chance at all. We called him in and he said "If I didn't do well enough to stay in, I would be really sad and I would try harder in my other class." When asked what his favorite book is, he said "I can't possibly say, there are so many I haven't read yet!" He even said he likes to study!</p><p></p><p>There was more - I spoke about revising him IEP, which won't be necessary, and about how this science class is the LRE for HIM.</p><p></p><p>The upshot is that they decided to give him a chance. I have not seen my son smile so happily since he was accepted into advanced math! His first words to me after I told were "Let's get that special binder packed!"</p><p></p><p>Thank you all for the advice, hints and good wishes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 72524, member: 3493"] UPDATE! We had the meeting this afternoon and it went well. I spoke about how the issues for which he is classified, coupled with the lack of any education for most of 6th grade, impacted on his score on the placement test. The SD atty was completely unaware that my son had been shoved by his 6th grade math teacher and when he looked at the Pupil Personnel head and she nodded yes, that did happen, he went pale. My next comment was that we are reasonable parents, we just want what is best for our child. When my husband left the room to get our son, I pointed out that I had not tried to push my oldest son or my daughter into honors math and that I did not want him there or in sciencejust so I could say "Oh, my son is in honors!" as I do live in a very competitive SD. The lawyer said that he would be eligible for honors science in grade 9 even if he was not in it this year and I asked him how many students ever made it into honors math or science in HS if they weren't in it in MS? He couldn't answer - I know of none and I've lived here 10 years. I then said that this decision could impact his entire HS career because this science course is for HS credit, so it would put him ahead and allow him to take AP and college level courses for two years in HS, instead of just one. We next discussed how my son would react if he didn't do well and had to be removed from the class. I can't conceive of that (I gave him one of the recent end-of-year tests in this subject to do and he got a 74, without having taken the course) but I said I thought he would prefer that to not being given a chance at all. We called him in and he said "If I didn't do well enough to stay in, I would be really sad and I would try harder in my other class." When asked what his favorite book is, he said "I can't possibly say, there are so many I haven't read yet!" He even said he likes to study! There was more - I spoke about revising him IEP, which won't be necessary, and about how this science class is the LRE for HIM. The upshot is that they decided to give him a chance. I have not seen my son smile so happily since he was accepted into advanced math! His first words to me after I told were "Let's get that special binder packed!" Thank you all for the advice, hints and good wishes. [/QUOTE]
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