Seems son's school wanted to change his school without an IEP meeting...

[Love My 7 GEMS]

Guess they just don't know his momma well enough yet.

Little background. We moved to this district 1 1/2 years ago. Danny, my now 9 year old HAD been in SDC class in K-1. Second grade we decided to bump him up to Regular Ed with Resource supports. Then we moved to this district 1 month into the school year. New Teacher reported at the end of the year he just didn't cut it. Really needed to be back in SDC...so we all agreed. But... that meant changing schools AGAIN... (2 schools in second grade, old house, new house = making new friends twice in one year, as the friends from his first school were all back in the SDC class...) But there was no choice... school didn't have SDC program available for him at current school. So, he moved this last year. New school, new friends. Not his home school either time (the one closest to our home). This new school had 1-3 SDC, AND 4-6 SDC.... so he theoretically could maintain the same placement for 4 years, with stability in placement.

Till Friday... got a phone call....... We are changing Danny's school to his home school for next year, I'll send home the IEP change for you to sign....


um........ 'scuse me? When did the "TEAM" decide this? Well, the numbers at current school are too high.... so we have to send him back... (me "uh, ... and when did the TEAM meet to decide this???") I then said, "What happens if I don't sign the IEP?" Teacher... "uhhhh... I don't know". (I DO... NOTHING changes until I sign it!) I then said........ "well, guess what, I'm not signing ANYTHING until we have a meeting with the coordinator... etc."

Oh, and BTW........ school is out this coming Thursday..... you think they'll get on the ball by then?

The thing that upsets me, is that they thought that by just calling me and telling me this info, that I'd just roll over and accept it.... well, guess again. I've got a kid with attachment issues, and you want to just pull him again and make him start over making new friends again? Don't think so.... I DO think they've messed with the wrong momma! :D :rolleyes:

Dori

[lisa6wks]

Good on you!
It totally bugs me that they take the kids who need continuity the most and change them from school to school, placement to placement and/or teacher to teacher. I teach a kg through 5th grade class for children with multiple disabilities, all non verbal and in the three years since they started the class, they moved us to a different school and wanted to send some of my students to other classes. It can take almost a half a year or so to really know and understand a child who is non verbal and who has a myriad of special needs. When you change their placement like that you can lose a half a year to a whole year in their educational process.

They wouldn't dare to try this with "regular" ed children :(

Lisa

[lacyndarella]

Sounds like the system decided you were a pushover. You show them who they are messing with!

Lacy

[LIZARD]

Dori, this is exactly what happened to me with Drew this year. His teacher and the SPED dir decided themselves that he had to be switched immediately after two months and orchestrated the switch without a word to me until it was in place. This district is lucky I haven't sued the crap out of it for treating my son like a moron for the past six years. I was assured that this classroom was the better placement for my son, and I have beaten on them ALL YEAR to stop treating him like an idiot. :mad: As it happened, we had THREE meetings to prepare his IEP for next year. If I had the patience and organizational skills, I'd tell them all to go to hell and homeschool him.

LIZARD :(

[Cardinals#1]

Guess they just don't know his momma well enough yet.

Little background. We moved to this district 1 1/2 years ago. Danny, my now 9 year old HAD been in SDC class in K-1. Second grade we decided to bump him up to Regular Ed with Resource supports. Then we moved to this district 1 month into the school year. New Teacher reported at the end of the year he just didn't cut it. Really needed to be back in SDC...so we all agreed. But... that meant changing schools AGAIN... (2 schools in second grade, old house, new house = making new friends twice in one year, as the friends from his first school were all back in the SDC class...) But there was no choice... school didn't have SDC program available for him at current school. So, he moved this last year. New school, new friends. Not his home school either time (the one closest to our home). This new school had 1-3 SDC, AND 4-6 SDC.... so he theoretically could maintain the same placement for 4 years, with stability in placement.

Till Friday... got a phone call....... We are changing Danny's school to his home school for next year, I'll send home the IEP change for you to sign....


um........ 'scuse me? When did the "TEAM" decide this? Well, the numbers at current school are too high.... so we have to send him back... (me "uh, ... and when did the TEAM meet to decide this???") I then said, "What happens if I don't sign the IEP?" Teacher... "uhhhh... I don't know". (I DO... NOTHING changes until I sign it!) I then said........ "well, guess what, I'm not signing ANYTHING until we have a meeting with the coordinator... etc."

Oh, and BTW........ school is out this coming Thursday..... you think they'll get on the ball by then?

The thing that upsets me, is that they thought that by just calling me and telling me this info, that I'd just roll over and accept it.... well, guess again. I've got a kid with attachment issues, and you want to just pull him again and make him start over making new friends again? Don't think so.... I DO think they've messed with the wrong momma! :D :rolleyes:

Dori


Study the IDEA, over and over , it helped me. The school should have had you at the meeting, to discuss a placement change. Ask for a due process hearing, your State Board of Education should have a website and A due process request form, for you to fill out.

In IL. the ISBE has a website and we can fill the thing out online , if the program is working right. Of course you have to add a additional page to have enough space to explain the dispute.

They ask what the dispute is, what you want to resolve the dispute.

Once you file a due process hearing, the old IEP remains in effect and his old placement stays the same , until the hearing officer hears your dispute and makes a decision.

So if your are really dead set against him being moved again to this other school, hurry and request a due process hearing.

Ask them to put why and where they want your child moved to, you'll need this for the hearing.

That seems terribly sneaky, and that would certainly upset me if my school pulled that on us.

Good luck, I hope you can get what's best for your child.