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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 662605" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>No. I did it twice. But I am certain we were in a different situation.</p><p></p><p>The first time I did it because after 2 years a school district stopped non public school placement. I would not accept that my son return to public school in that district. I kept the special education and we left the Country. My son attended middle school 2 years in foreign schools. Most people would not want to do this.</p><p></p><p>The second time was towards the end of high school. Again he was in non-public school in another district. Against my will and deliberately without my knowledge they changed his designated disability to mental illness, and made him Emotionally Disabled, ED instead of Other Health Impaired/ADHD.</p><p></p><p>While they had been right about the designation, I had wanted to shield him from this.</p><p></p><p>The thing is I hated the way they did it because they did it when we were out of the Country, when they knew I could not attend and did not know of the IEP meeting, when he was not even a student in the district. When I found out about it by accident,when we had returned from the foreign country, I was furious. To their surprise and shock I pulled him out of the non-public school and the district, on principle. I would not allow us to be part of an entity that did this to people. As I write this, I begin to think I am very weird.</p><p></p><p>At that time he was close to graduating. I found a private high school for independent learners where he could study in a variety of formats and receive academic credit through the private high school. A lot of the credit for the foreign schools counted, and independent and online work. My son by that time was fluent in two foreign languages. He got credit for all that too. </p><p></p><p>So that is how he graduated from High School. The bad part: I had to push him a lot. And I helped him a lot. Too much. It set a bad precedent.</p><p></p><p>Any regrets? Not really.</p><p></p><p>Would I ever, ever take him out of Spec. Ed? Never.</p><p></p><p>I would do anything but that.</p><p></p><p>In public schools there are always do overs possible. You can leave and come back. You can move and change districts. The new districts must follow the agreed upon interventions. Even non public school. </p><p></p><p>I have switched schools for my son within the district several times, when I felt that teachers' or administrators' attitudes were inadequate.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I did this too much. But I cannot abide bullies. While we have some wonderful educators on this forum, I find that public schools can be about power over and abuse. Things I have a hard time with.</p><p></p><p>But I always tried with my son to use public schools for what they could do for us. And left the game when they tried to dominate and coerce. But I never, ever considered taking away the protections from Special Education.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 662605, member: 18958"] No. I did it twice. But I am certain we were in a different situation. The first time I did it because after 2 years a school district stopped non public school placement. I would not accept that my son return to public school in that district. I kept the special education and we left the Country. My son attended middle school 2 years in foreign schools. Most people would not want to do this. The second time was towards the end of high school. Again he was in non-public school in another district. Against my will and deliberately without my knowledge they changed his designated disability to mental illness, and made him Emotionally Disabled, ED instead of Other Health Impaired/ADHD. While they had been right about the designation, I had wanted to shield him from this. The thing is I hated the way they did it because they did it when we were out of the Country, when they knew I could not attend and did not know of the IEP meeting, when he was not even a student in the district. When I found out about it by accident,when we had returned from the foreign country, I was furious. To their surprise and shock I pulled him out of the non-public school and the district, on principle. I would not allow us to be part of an entity that did this to people. As I write this, I begin to think I am very weird. At that time he was close to graduating. I found a private high school for independent learners where he could study in a variety of formats and receive academic credit through the private high school. A lot of the credit for the foreign schools counted, and independent and online work. My son by that time was fluent in two foreign languages. He got credit for all that too. So that is how he graduated from High School. The bad part: I had to push him a lot. And I helped him a lot. Too much. It set a bad precedent. Any regrets? Not really. Would I ever, ever take him out of Spec. Ed? Never. I would do anything but that. In public schools there are always do overs possible. You can leave and come back. You can move and change districts. The new districts must follow the agreed upon interventions. Even non public school. I have switched schools for my son within the district several times, when I felt that teachers' or administrators' attitudes were inadequate. Maybe I did this too much. But I cannot abide bullies. While we have some wonderful educators on this forum, I find that public schools can be about power over and abuse. Things I have a hard time with. But I always tried with my son to use public schools for what they could do for us. And left the game when they tried to dominate and coerce. But I never, ever considered taking away the protections from Special Education. [/QUOTE]
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