[Fabs] question on DBS/braillenotes

[Jorge A. Paez]

Hello everyone.
Just had 2 quick questions.
First of all, I've been talking to DBS about buying me a Braille Note 
for the upcoming year, as I need it to take notes during class, 
specially because the 2 on-campus classes I'm taking are both maths.
Basically I'm taking 2 remedial classes--Math Development 2 and 
Intermediate Algebra in 6-week sessions, so I'll be ready for College 
Algebra by the spring.
Problem is, I've been talking to them since May, and my new DBS 
counselor--I was transferred because my counselor before got promoted so 
I got transferred in June.
Anyway, my counselor promised me in June that they'd have the Braille 
Note by August.
Long story short, that's not happening.
I was told that the request depended on a 12-credit schedule--and I had 
previously handed in a schedule which was only for about 6 credits--in 
person, and I was never told of that. I handed in an updated schedule 
which I had forgotten to hand in earlier with the 13.5 credits, which is 
what I'll be taking in the fall.
What was annoying wasn't the schedule problem itself--I had forgotten to 
update them on that, but that I handed my former schedule over in July 
in person to my counselor and I was never once told about this until I 
mentioned the Braille Note last week.
I dropped off the schedule on Monday, and was told my counselor was on 
vacation for the week, so spoke to the District Administrator.
However, when she looked at my file she said that my counselor had not 
done the semester review, and that my file was missing my Financial Aid 
Letter, and grades from my first semester--all things that I was never 
told I had to hand in. That was no problem because we printed them out. 
What really ticked me off though was, that when she looked, there was no 
order for a Braille Note, even though I had been told by my counselor a 
week before that the order was pending at the District level.
My questions are 2, I guess.
First of all, what am I supposed to do now as far as DBS?
Obviously I'm not going to have my notetaker by the start of class, 
though I'm clueless as to what to do--and at this speed I probably won't 
get it until I graduate college.
Secondly, does anyone know where I can borrow one or something?
I've talked to the District Administrator about it because my counselor 
had mentioned it as a possibility, but the District Administrator said 
she had no idea where they were stored--if they had any, or where she 
could borrow them from, as my counselor was the only one who was in 
charge of keeping track of them and she was in vacation and inaccessible.


Any suggestions?


Thanks,




Jorge