Monday, February 01, 2010

Monday Morning Musings

Why would a special education director not want what's best for a special needs child and instead, do everything in her power to limit his learning?

Who thinks it is a good idea for a 7 year old child to get on the bus at 7:40 a.m. to attend school from 8:00-11:30 a.m., then take a 30 minute bus ride to another school from noon-3:30 and arriving home around 4:30 p.m.? This would not be an easy transition for a typical 7 year old, why do this to a child who already struggles with disabilities? His mom had no problem driving him back and forth the 30 minutes to a single school. Providing a bus to mulitiple schools is not a better choice.

What does a parent do when threatened, via email (by same director's attorney), to be removed by police escort from school property?...for merely observing her child's classroom when it was previously ok'd by the principal? Apparently it is disruptive to sit in the back of the room and take notes on positive ways to manage her child's transition between the two schools and into this new class.

3 comments:

Kristin said...

Wow. That sounds terrible. And I would be very put off if I couldn't visit my kid's classroom. I hope this gets resolved.

Anonymous said...

oh it's a 30 min drive by bus but don't forget they pick up other kids. This means E actually spends 65 min on the bus in transport from one school to the next

jenni said...

This is just wretched! I also hope things get resolved, and in a way that helps E, soon.