Well, I just got off the phone with the principal in which I informed her of our intention to keep our son at home part time. I told her of my letter requesting relevant policies prohibiting dual enrollment and equating tardiness with truancy. She is going to send me copies of the policies when she gets them from top (She keeps being told they exist—although I couldn’t find them on county school web page). Seems that the REAL concern here, according to her, is a legal liability one. The district is concerned that if our child learns to read on our time and nickel that we will come back and sue them for reimbursement.We really didn’t settle anything. They are having standardized testing next week and I had always intended to send him next week and will do so still. I am sorta waiting to see how meat there is behind what she has been told by district people.She, I think, is caught between a rock and a hard place. She told me that if it was up to her, she’d let us keep doing what we are doing. And that I must understand when she replies to my letter, she is doing so in her official capacity.She suggested we pull him out completely to homeschool. We may still—but this works better for our lives.
Re: Update on dual enrollment situation
PASSWORD>aaI221mi7wL3IBeth,I did what the principal fears you will do..I took them to Due Process and guess what…they paid up after reviewing the records the testing we provided proved what we did worked after their 6 years of bumbling didn’t. I am planning on doing Dual Enrollement in middle school in the subjects that our child struggles in that way she can attend school for the electives and be with her friends. You can have your cake and eat it too. p
Re: Update on dual enrollment situation
So, can they stop you from doing this now?Would you have been in a different position legally had you removed your child from the school’s rolls and showed the same dramatic changes?: Beth,: I did what the principal fears you will do..I took them to Due
: Process and guess what…they paid up after reviewing the records
: the testing we provided proved what we did worked after their 6
: years of bumbling didn’t. I am planning on doing Dual Enrollement
: in middle school in the subjects that our child struggles in that
: way she can attend school for the electives and be with her
: friends. You can have your cake and eat it too. p
dual enrollment is the only way..
PASSWORD>aaI221mi7wL3Ito keep them on the hook and responsible for the child’s education. Remember I told you it gets “sticky” in elementary school, they don’t like or do study contracts. In Middle School and High school it is called an Independent Study contract. I know other parents have done the same in middle school and high school.I would not have gotten one dime out of them if I had removed her from public school, dual enrollment was the only way I could keep them on the hook. After they paid up I withdrew her from PS in September and put her in private school but since her IEP is still open they know I am coming back in the fall and calling the shots.Today one of my tutoring clients told me that the district wanted her daughter to bring in her workbook of phonology and orthography that we have been doing. This kid is starting to take off and they want to know how and what I have been doing to get this kid moving when they couldn’t. The mom told them “NO” as she is paying for my services. She also felt what they were asking was out of line because it was asking to see my “secret recipe to teach reading..” Shoot I am not doing anything special I am teaching a kid how to read and spell, one on one once a week.
share with em..
ah,go ahead and share your secret,maybe they could learn something,and you could help other kids this way? To coin a phrase from my hubby,”ignorance is bliss,and their are a lot of happy people out there”: to keep them on the hook and responsible for the child’s education.
: Remember I told you it gets “sticky” in elementary
: school, they don’t like or do study contracts. In Middle School
: and High school it is called an Independent Study contract. I know
: other parents have done the same in middle school and high school.: I would not have gotten one dime out of them if I had removed her
: from public school, dual enrollment was the only way I could keep
: them on the hook. After they paid up I withdrew her from PS in
: September and put her in private school but since her IEP is still
: open they know I am coming back in the fall and calling the shots.: Today one of my tutoring clients told me that the district wanted her
: daughter to bring in her workbook of phonology and orthography
: that we have been doing. This kid is starting to take off and they
: want to know how and what I have been doing to get this kid moving
: when they couldn’t. The mom told them “NO” as she is
: paying for my services. She also felt what they were asking was
: out of line because it was asking to see my “secret recipe to
: teach reading..” Shoot I am not doing anything special I am
: teaching a kid how to read and spell, one on one once a week.
Re: Update on dual enrollment situation
Beth,remember one thing. If you pull him out completely and want to go due process for reimbursement,you MUST inform them of this prior to complete removal. I would absolutely keep doing what your doing,don’t think they can do anything about it,the problem may be that they can’t use him in the State counts,therefore the old school is losing money. Remeber our state does the yearly count in March,every year.: So, can they stop you from doing this now?: Would you have been in a different position legally had you removed
: your child from the school’s rolls and showed the same dramatic
: changes?
Re: share with em..
PASSWORD>aaI221mi7wL3II have shared with them when I worked for the district. I have told them ‘til I am blue in the face at various IEP meetings about what I do and why I do it. They just don’t realize that it is as simple as I have figured out, they choose to do stuff the hard way.
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Thanks Socks. I have no plans to go to due process both because I don’t want the aggravation, expense, and stress and because I don’t think our case is clear cut. We messed up the “natural experiment” by getting help for our son. I have no doubts if we had let the district “hang itself” our son would not be reading at all.BethBeth,: remember one thing. If you pull him out completely and want to go due
: process for reimbursement,you MUST inform them of this prior to
: complete removal. I would absolutely keep doing what your
: doing,don’t think they can do anything about it,the problem may be
: that they can’t use him in the State counts,therefore the old
: school is losing money. Remeber our state does the yearly count in
: March,every year.
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:I totally agree:-) I couldn’t afford due process,and if I could I would just pay for the private school. But just wanted to make you aware of this,just in case…Thanks Socks. I have no plans to go to due process both because I
: don’t want the aggravation, expense, and stress and because I
: don’t think our case is clear cut. We messed up the “natural
: experiment” by getting help for our son. I have no doubts if
: we had let the district “hang itself” our son would not
: be reading at all.: Beth: Beth,
Re: share with em..
I was afraid you were gonna say this. It’s really such a shame.It could all be so very simple,but it’s so freakin hard to understand? Why does the district do things this way? I guess it’s because they are not held accountable.: I have shared with them when I worked for the district. I have told
: them ‘til I am blue in the face at various IEP meetings about what
: I do and why I do it. They just don’t realize that it is as simple
: as I have figured out, they choose to do stuff the hard way.
PASSWORD>aamjT37qc5iCcIt sounds like she will do what she *has* to do — but that she won’t take extra steps to make this more difficult for you. This means that delay tactics work in your favor — you keep on doing what you’re doing, and they take their sweet time taking any action they may have to take about it. In the meantime your kiddo gets what is needed. So — don’t send letters in a hurry; soon enough so you are clearly communicating, but remembering that each day your kid is being educated right is a real plus. Don’t *make* them do more than they have to, either, though you have to balance that with having what you are doing documented.