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Re: Second year in a row!
Posted by Rebecca on 8/21/08
I really wish that there was adequate staff in schools to better
support all students (those with IEPs and those without) but the
fact of the matter is that there just isn't in most schools.
Counselor positions are being cut while enrollment is increasing.
Class sizes are just going up. Special ed teachers have larger
caseloads (and don't work during the summer). When I look at the
sheer numbers of students any one student has to work with, I
can't blame them for not making sure every student gets what
he/she needs. There just aren't enough hours in the day. So
until schools can pay enough staff to fully support students,
parents are going to have to follow through and politely remind
staff of specific needs.
On 8/21/08, The way I have had luck with scheduling wrote:
> The way I have had luck in the past with particular
> scheduling needs is to contact the counselor prior to the
> end of the school year via e-mail and phone showing proof of
> the need for the request (in your case IEP) making sure that
> these changes are noted in the file (asking for
> documentation regarding this is done) for when the counselor
> (or next counselor) is setting up schedules. Then, mid/late
> summer, I contact the counselor to remind them of the
> scheduling needs. This usually does the trick and allows
> for the least disruption at the beginning of the year when
> everyone is too busy to help. Why THE PARENT has to be the
> one to do this is beyond me, but that's the way it is for
> the time being. I don't enjoy being a nuisance, but past
> experience has shown that I will be stuck with the problem
> later on if I am not.
>
> On to your question:
> These kids have IEP's, doesn't anyone make sure the IEP is
> followed besides the parent?
>
> It has been my experience - often not.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Second year in a row!, 8/20/08, by special ed mom.
- Re: Second year in a row!, 8/20/08, by Bex.
- Re: Second year in a row!, 8/20/08, by rf.
- Re: Second year in a row!, 8/20/08, by response to Bex.
- Re: Second year in a row!, 8/20/08, by response to rf.
- Re: Second year in a row!, 8/21/08, by The way I have had luck with scheduling.
- Re: Second year in a row!, 8/21/08, by Rebecca.
- Re: Second year in a row!, 8/21/08, by Pecos.
- Re: Second year in a row!, 8/26/08, by LbP.
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