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>Going public again.

>I took down public access to my blog in the hopes that the district would do their jobs. Initially they did everything we asked of them. They have stopped doing their jobs in reference to M, so I am making the blog publicly accessible again. They say my blog intimidates them and that they feel threatened. I have never made threats on this blog. In fact I don’t mention the district by name or the names of any of the teachers. No employees of the district have access to my facebook. No members of the school board have access to my facebook. It is just a blog that is being written about a father’s desire to ensure that his son gets the services and education that he is entitled to given the mental illness that he is afflicted with. I even removed my son’s picture from the blog so that

>Suspension

>M has been suspended from school again for assault. This will put him at 10 days suspension and force the manifestation determination. Manifestation Determination is the schools responsibility to determine if M’s behavior is a result of his diagnosis. Our psychiatrist recommends that we get an attorney as the school is discriminating against M. We have sent letters to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the NAACP. I explained to the superintendent that we are filing complaints with the appropriate state and federal agencies. The district is violating M’s access to a FAPE. Free and Appropriate Public Education. The school wanted us to hospitalize M after this latest incident for his safety. In talking with the psychiatrist, since M doesn’t have the violent outbursts at home, there is no need to hospitalize him for safety. Very frustrated with our district. M starts partial hospitalization the week after next, so really

>another call

>I got another call from the school today. It seems M got a hold of a pair of scissors. The school principal called and told me that M had two pairs of scissors and a rock and was in a room all by himself threatening to hurt someone. I raced to the school and when I got there, M was sitting calmly in a chair. The Principal told me that she “may have misread things”. I could not believe it. Evidently M found a pair of scissors in a desk, and said “I should use these”. That necessitated the need for them to call me. I asked for incident reports. The principal sent one back which again included my words. I don’t understand that. No where in the incident report does it say that she told me that he was locked in a room and threatening people. I put in