[blindkid] Support needed, dual enrollment

[Carol Castellano]

I sure second the staying cool part.  Go home and punch a pillow or 
scream in the shower or vent to a safe person, but at the meeting, be 
cordial, calm, and professional  (yes, even tho they are wrong).
Carol

At 03:53 PM 10/23/2009, you wrote:
>Stacy,
>
>We had a great first year in private (Montessori) school, followed by
>a pretty miserable second year. One issue after another.  Same school,
>same teacher &  staff. We never did figure out what happened-- not
>even looking back from three years later.
>
>The third year (pre-k) we changed to public school. Same TVI, Same O&M
>instructor, and life was good again. Public School Kindergarten went
>well too and now we are settling into a productive year in first
>grade. Every situation is unique but there do seem to be a great many
>challenges with private schools and vision issues.
>
>Sounds like this is beyond informal "chats", so the first thing to do
>is probably to request a meeting. You might try an informal one if
>that seems an option, but it may well be IEP time. Changing schools
>abruptly is going to be complicated. Even if the public school wants
>to work effectively with you (hopefully the case) the logistics may
>take a while to get in place, so weigh that against what you're having
>to deal with now.
>
>Do try your best not to let your anger come through in the meetings
>and negotiations. That seems to shut people down faster than anything.
>Believe me, I understand how upsetting all this can be, but we always
>make every effort to let the people working with us feel appreciated
>and to offer to work with them however we can.
>
>In our case, by the latter part of year two in Monessori school we
>were quite frustrated with things but we decided that a smooth
>transition over the summer was best, but we were pretty far into the
>year before we had decided our situation was not repairable.
>
>Richard
>
>
>
>
>On Oct 23, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Stacy Lemmon wrote:
>
>>Okay...I know many of you told me I'd be sorry if I enrolled Adison
>>in a private kindergarten.  Well....you told me so. We love her
>>school, the 11 kids in her class, the teacher, the works. Our school
>>district sucks. I agreed to dual enrollment, I agreed to bring her
>>to the public school for services twice weekly. I did NOT however,
>>agree to substandard services.  I don't know whether to pull her out
>>now and transfer her, or complete the year. I am very angry about
>>our treatment. Apparently the school is involved with the school
>>district over another matter and I think we've been caught in the
>>middle. The refused to allow the vision teacher even a one time
>>visit to help me set up her CCTV.   I was in tears yesterday after
>>vision support, they put us in an office to work and Adison had to
>>sort of 'squat' on the chair to reach the table to work. Usually we
>>have access to a conference room where the vision teacher piles
>>books up for her to sit on and reach the table....but there was a
>>party in there.
>>
>>Help!  Any support or guidance would be appreciated.
>>
>>Stacy
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