[blindkid] Leaving classes early

[Patricia Renfranz]

This issue just came up for us yesterday! Talk about timeliness.
Caroline is in 7th grade in a rabbit warren of a junior high. We just
learned she is often late to class. What disturbs me is that Caroline was
told, much like Sally's son, that she "will" be dismissed early. There is no
discussion about it. No one is trying to figure out what she needs to learn
in order to be on time. Maybe it's as simple as learning to anticipate the
bell, or staying to the right in the hall, I don't know. No one thinks about
the ramifications, short or long term.
Thank you Sally for bringing this up. It will be so useful for us.
Pat  
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> From: Andy & Sally Thomas <andysally at comcast.net>
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> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:38:23 -0600
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> Subject: [blindkid] Leaving classes early
> 
> My son's O&M instructor has told him that next year in junior high he will be
> dismissed from classes 5 minutes early in order to get a head start into the
> halls to make it to his next class. I'm wondering if most of the blind kids
> out there get this "accommodation."  I personally think it is an opportunity
> to miss some afterthought the teacher has and to be singled out and isolated
> in the classroom. Walking to classes with friends is one of the few times kids
> have for private conversations.  Would you share your experiences with this?
> 
> Sally Thomas
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