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A recommendation for private school goes in a sealed envelope,
mailed by the teacher, to the private school. At that point,
it is not revealed to the parents. I don't get what the issue
is. A person can refuse to give a recommendation. The
private school will use other items such as test scores on
tests that they give, and in my son's case, an interview that
was extensive. I would not worry that the school will accept
this student. There is one caveat. If the private school
wants to accept this student because they want the parents'
money, then they will do so no matter what the recommendation
says anyway, which might be the case. If that is the case, so
what?

On 1/10/15, Curious wrote:
> A person in my department is being pressured by the family
of a SpEd student
> to give a recommendation for an elite professional school.
This student has
> been provided with an enormous amount of support and her
IEP's water down
> even some of the basic skills and principles of the classes
involved. Sadly, the
> administration is terrified of the parents because one is a
well connected
> lawyer.
>
> This student, who I have also had in class, has a low IQ, is
limited in every
> aspect of reading, writing and speaking. In addition the
student has other
> disorders which her parents have taken pains to avoid
revealing to the student
> who is now nearly 18. The parents have basically demanded
every kind of
> implementation available, to the point of even threatening
standardized
> testing organizations if they don't allow the student to
exercise all of the IEP
> demands that include extended time, access to dictionary and
more. They
> didn't ask me for a recommendation because I was very
straightforward about
> this student's abilities. The teacher in my department is a
very sweet lady who
> is dealing with a number of personal issues and the family
and administration
> are using this opportunity to bully her into a
recommendation. So LEGALLY,
> can the administration force the teacher to do this?

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