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a midsummer nights update

Things are kind of rocking along here in whynotfathers land. Our youngest son is still being home schooled. We still don’t know what is supposed to be in the Service Plan that we are supposed to file with the school district. Our state Department of Public Instruction gave me our state century code as guidelines, and then referred me to our school superintendent for more advice. The superintendent told me to ask my wife. My wife, who teaches in special education in another district, says he doesn’t need one, and even if he did, doesn’t know what is supposed to be in it. Our local newspaper did a feature story about David and I, about our little home school. It was kind of neat. Wish we could have talked about the issues with our local district a little more, but getting the word out about kids having special needs was

Mediation Request redux submitted

Well, I broke down and submitted the mediation request. The school as you may remember requested mediation in our quest for an IEP for David that would allow him to return to public school in his home district. I had written a rebuttal to their request. Today I listed the 20 or so people on David’s team who need to be present at the meeting. With the change in key personnel at our Support Services group that the school utilizes, things should be interesting. Don’t know if they will continue to allow the elementary school principal to run rough shod over parents or not, but we will see. At any rate, we submitted the request. If for some reason Mediation goes the way the Facilitated meeting did, we will be in Due Process by Christmas. I don’t see the benefit in Mediation, but am willing to try. We want them

Open Your Heart to a Child

As my wife and I enter our 19th year together, I find myself reflecting on what our life has been. The love we share, the family we love. Even with my health issues, we count ourselves lucky. Our kids are all reasonably healthy. So why the reflection my part? There is a child in Colorado who has parents who are facing one of the toughest challenges a parent can face. Here is a brief description of what they are going through. [box] Need some volunteers from across the country to do a very simple thing! I have a friend with a 9 yr old son who will be having major brain surgery at the end of this month in Colorado. Not only does he have Epilepsy, but also Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Sensory Processing Disorder, which each one by itself is hard enough on a kiddo, but to be battling