Mr. David rarely gets sick. Today he woke up crying because his throat hurt so bad. Poor guy. So rather than trekking to the city to get my driver’s license renewed, we are going to the clinic. Just hope it isn’t strep or something like that. David rarely just lays around on the couch, he is always moving. He has been up for half an hour and other than taking a shower, he is covered up with a blanket feeling miserable. Tweet #fighting4answrs
Today’s victory? It may not seem like it, but I count today as successful. Why? A group of 10 people got together to try plan for the educational future of one child. Was it disappointing that in the end we agreed to disagree? Yes. But today was still a success because the process of getting to the point shows that the system, flawed as it may seem to be, works. Now the next step is a Due Process hearing. Our son, David, sat through the whole meeting with me today. 2 and a half hours. Which for him must have felt like a life time. That is a success as well. Tweet #fighting4answrs
Today we had our facilitated IEP. We are at an impasse, and the next step is an administrative hearing. Our school district is consitent in one thing. they can lie. Their favorite saying: “you misconstrued what I said” At our last meeting, I asked “If our son completes this program successfully, (it was an out of district placement) will the school take him back?” The response from the district superintendent “I can’t say that we would”. How can I misconstrue that statement? Now he qualifies it and says, “I can’t speak for the team…” My son was in a residential placement until January 17 2012. He was there for 7 months. At no time during those seven months did the school district indicate that they didn’t want him in the district. In fact, they asked us to delay his discharge from the residential facility until the semester break. We did