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what actually constitutes a suspension (or change in placement?)
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 406757" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>You need to document that he was not allowed to eat/given lunch. The school is getting federal funds to provide school lunches (all public schools do and many private ones also do) and it is ILLEGAL for them to not let him eat - whether he packs a lunch or not. This is BIG HUGE GIANT ammunition - even ONE incident of this can cause them to completely lose ALL federal $$ for school lunches. I am NOT NOT NOT joking - this is teh LAW. So this is a battle that they CANNOT win and have already shot themselves in the foot while preparing for war.</p><p> </p><p>You may have to do some digging, but file a formal complaint about the school not letting him eat. ALL children, regardless of if they pack, buy or get free/reduced price lunches, are required to be given lunch - there are NO ZIP ZILCH ZERO exceptions to this. Many parents don't follow through because they don't want all the kids with free/reduced price lunches to go hungry, but with a first offense they will likely get supervision from the feds rather than losing funds. they would only lose funds if they kept doing it or were difficult to handle from the fed's point of view. Here is a state by state list of contact info for the federal school lunch program: <a href="http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Contacts/StateDirectory.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Contacts/StateDirectory.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>I think being out of class for hours counts as suspension or change in placement, but check on the sp ed forum or with wrightslaw to be sure. I am sure other schools have tried this route to get around the 10 day limit on suspensions.</p><p> </p><p>It truly sounds like you and difficult child need to find a lawyer to help wtih this. The principal clearly is NOT going to work with you unless aliens take over your body and you suddenly want your son to be constantly punished and discriminated against. I am quite sure that if other students did something like this TO difficult child the principal would not punish them and would say it was just "an accident" and that your difficult child shouldn't be playing around so he 'deserved' it. This is clear discrimination. </p><p> </p><p>Please document every contact with the school. After every discussion write an email as a "letter of understanding" and send a copy to yourself and to the school. Keep these in a file for backup as well as in your computer's memory. </p><p> </p><p>Are there other schools that your difficult child could go to? Unless the principal gets out of the way and changes his methods, your child is just going to be mroe and more picked on and have more and more of his rights violated. You really NEED an advocate and a lawyer to protect both of you from this school/principal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 406757, member: 1233"] You need to document that he was not allowed to eat/given lunch. The school is getting federal funds to provide school lunches (all public schools do and many private ones also do) and it is ILLEGAL for them to not let him eat - whether he packs a lunch or not. This is BIG HUGE GIANT ammunition - even ONE incident of this can cause them to completely lose ALL federal $$ for school lunches. I am NOT NOT NOT joking - this is teh LAW. So this is a battle that they CANNOT win and have already shot themselves in the foot while preparing for war. You may have to do some digging, but file a formal complaint about the school not letting him eat. ALL children, regardless of if they pack, buy or get free/reduced price lunches, are required to be given lunch - there are NO ZIP ZILCH ZERO exceptions to this. Many parents don't follow through because they don't want all the kids with free/reduced price lunches to go hungry, but with a first offense they will likely get supervision from the feds rather than losing funds. they would only lose funds if they kept doing it or were difficult to handle from the fed's point of view. Here is a state by state list of contact info for the federal school lunch program: [URL]http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Contacts/StateDirectory.htm[/URL] I think being out of class for hours counts as suspension or change in placement, but check on the sp ed forum or with wrightslaw to be sure. I am sure other schools have tried this route to get around the 10 day limit on suspensions. It truly sounds like you and difficult child need to find a lawyer to help wtih this. The principal clearly is NOT going to work with you unless aliens take over your body and you suddenly want your son to be constantly punished and discriminated against. I am quite sure that if other students did something like this TO difficult child the principal would not punish them and would say it was just "an accident" and that your difficult child shouldn't be playing around so he 'deserved' it. This is clear discrimination. Please document every contact with the school. After every discussion write an email as a "letter of understanding" and send a copy to yourself and to the school. Keep these in a file for backup as well as in your computer's memory. Are there other schools that your difficult child could go to? Unless the principal gets out of the way and changes his methods, your child is just going to be mroe and more picked on and have more and more of his rights violated. You really NEED an advocate and a lawyer to protect both of you from this school/principal. [/QUOTE]
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