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Poor Q has a terrible mom, or so the teacher seems to think today... uggg
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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 498258" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Not dumb. Hopeful. When we bring in heavy hitters of course things change. We are saying, "I need some help getting the right thing done because you people just won't get the job done.", and the school now is running scared. The teacher is in the middle-but she didn't help her cause by what she said to you (wasn't that in an email?). If they are not going to allow him to have positives at school (esp. ones that others get and he has never been a problem for like swimming), how can they question your asking for Q to earn something at home?</p><p></p><p>When I brought in the lawyer from the disabilities center to help me enforce my son's 504 plan (I was tired of it literally<strong> never</strong> being followed), it was not pretty. First of all, he was in his final year at the elementary school where I taught (and yes I could not get them to do what they should). There was politics at play and revenge as well, and my son became a pawn. I took the parent advocate to every 504 after that through high school. I was not liked by teachers or administrators until he was a junior, and the teacher in charge had a child who was disabled. She understood and was his advocate. I actually had to say, "It would nice if we could work in a friendly way, but experience tells me that is not possible in this district. Therefore, expect me to advocate, have presence and expect that my son's 504 plan is followed". I told the VP," Enjoy chatting about me", as they all remained in the room after a 504 meeting," My son will be my son the rest of life. You people, I may never see again." I wanted them to know I knew what they were doing(decompressing after a tense meeting where they were expected to actually do their job) and I was actually glad they were sweating because nothing else had made them take care of my boy. I get it. I just don't think any school district does a good job organizing against a parent unless they put a gag order on everyone but appoint one spokes person. That only happened once here-district lost the suit anyway!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 498258, member: 11001"] Not dumb. Hopeful. When we bring in heavy hitters of course things change. We are saying, "I need some help getting the right thing done because you people just won't get the job done.", and the school now is running scared. The teacher is in the middle-but she didn't help her cause by what she said to you (wasn't that in an email?). If they are not going to allow him to have positives at school (esp. ones that others get and he has never been a problem for like swimming), how can they question your asking for Q to earn something at home? When I brought in the lawyer from the disabilities center to help me enforce my son's 504 plan (I was tired of it literally[B] never[/B] being followed), it was not pretty. First of all, he was in his final year at the elementary school where I taught (and yes I could not get them to do what they should). There was politics at play and revenge as well, and my son became a pawn. I took the parent advocate to every 504 after that through high school. I was not liked by teachers or administrators until he was a junior, and the teacher in charge had a child who was disabled. She understood and was his advocate. I actually had to say, "It would nice if we could work in a friendly way, but experience tells me that is not possible in this district. Therefore, expect me to advocate, have presence and expect that my son's 504 plan is followed". I told the VP," Enjoy chatting about me", as they all remained in the room after a 504 meeting," My son will be my son the rest of life. You people, I may never see again." I wanted them to know I knew what they were doing(decompressing after a tense meeting where they were expected to actually do their job) and I was actually glad they were sweating because nothing else had made them take care of my boy. I get it. I just don't think any school district does a good job organizing against a parent unless they put a gag order on everyone but appoint one spokes person. That only happened once here-district lost the suit anyway! [/QUOTE]
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