Re: Challenging students

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My thoughts:

You do an excellent job of working with challenging students.

> My question is...what do I do about student's teacher next year?
> Did I drop the ball if I didn't try to push meds/get different placement(sp ed)
> because student may not do well with next year's teacher?

No. Personally, I think too many children are medicated and
shifted to special ed.

> I'm frustrated that I work hard to build community and trust with my
> students only to hear complaining and struggling with next year's teacher...

It's natural for you to feel frustrated. Could you possibly
meet with the new teachers and explain what seemed to work
with their troublesome student? Maybe some would be
receptive. What you did was more work and certainly more
effective.

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