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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 302078" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am glad they are working with you. Personally I see missing 100 minutes of instructional time a week as a big deal with LOTS of harm being done. Esp as Tigger's school day is only 245 minutes long including lunch. That means he is missing 100 out of 1225 minutes of instruction a week. Roughly 8&#37; of the school week. </p><p></p><p>If you subtract the time he is in lunch and recess (30 mins for both probably) then he only gets 1075 minutes of instructional time per week. That means he misses more than 9% of his instructional time. This could keep him from going to the next grade if the state auditors get picky. NOT a good thing, in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>In our state if a child misses more than 10% of any quarter they are NOT passed on to the next grade. Period. They work very very hard to get parents to NOT make IEPs with less time for learning. The state auditors have held some kids back even after the school told them they passed to the next grade. All because the child missed more than 10% of the quarter. They work HARD to invalidate or ignore any IEP accomodations that lessen the school week or day (which is just plain wrong but they do it anyway with parents who just don't know their rights).</p><p></p><p>But missing 8% of his schooling will take a big toll on how he can keep up with his peers and on his social development. </p><p></p><p>PUSH the principal and school board to keep him in school the full day if at all possible. You should not have to drive him. It is THEIR job. But if it ends up making things a lot smoother then I could see driving. But if you do agree to drive him, get ready for the school to want you to drive him every day. It will gradually edge up to that. At least it does here.</p><p></p><p>I really hope that they can arrange this so that he gets what he needs.. Sorry you work so hard before school begins and they muck around anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 302078, member: 1233"] I am glad they are working with you. Personally I see missing 100 minutes of instructional time a week as a big deal with LOTS of harm being done. Esp as Tigger's school day is only 245 minutes long including lunch. That means he is missing 100 out of 1225 minutes of instruction a week. Roughly 8% of the school week. If you subtract the time he is in lunch and recess (30 mins for both probably) then he only gets 1075 minutes of instructional time per week. That means he misses more than 9% of his instructional time. This could keep him from going to the next grade if the state auditors get picky. NOT a good thing, in my opinion. In our state if a child misses more than 10% of any quarter they are NOT passed on to the next grade. Period. They work very very hard to get parents to NOT make IEPs with less time for learning. The state auditors have held some kids back even after the school told them they passed to the next grade. All because the child missed more than 10% of the quarter. They work HARD to invalidate or ignore any IEP accomodations that lessen the school week or day (which is just plain wrong but they do it anyway with parents who just don't know their rights). But missing 8% of his schooling will take a big toll on how he can keep up with his peers and on his social development. PUSH the principal and school board to keep him in school the full day if at all possible. You should not have to drive him. It is THEIR job. But if it ends up making things a lot smoother then I could see driving. But if you do agree to drive him, get ready for the school to want you to drive him every day. It will gradually edge up to that. At least it does here. I really hope that they can arrange this so that he gets what he needs.. Sorry you work so hard before school begins and they muck around anyway. [/QUOTE]
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