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Hi, I don't know what state you are in but i know where i live the parent has the right to appeal any decision made. Is the principal a member of your daughters iep team??? does anyone else agree with her decision?????

It sounds to me like the principal doesn't have a fighting chance of making the final decision and frankly i don't understand why she would need to be involved in that. She have never had any input in any decision in the past so how could she just step in now and know whats best for your child???

I think you will be fine......just don't back down a little. good luck to you

Carol

we live in Rustburg Virginia

thanks for your input

How did the appt go???I have a daughter that is 5 Chelsea who is starting kindergarden this year. She has been in special ed for 2 1 years. They are mainstreaming her. We have many issues with this. But in the same respect the Autism class room that they have is worst case. Chelsea is not worse case. Me and her special ed teacher feel that it is not good for her. that she will regress it is a promise from her teacher. The school she is supposed to begin this year the principal there is determined to put her in the autism program. We have butted heads completely. I have meeting with our Adminstration office concerning this. If they still feel like this is what is going to happen i will pull her out and homeschool. What can i do? What rights do we have as parents i have read so many things that read like stereo instructions. Please give me any info in plain english. Her IEP reads regular ed with 2 hours of pull out resources a day. I really am so confused and dont know what to do. I guess we will see come tomorow. Please any advice would be wonderful. Shannon--I'm so glad to hear it!! I know you must be so relieved. Hope this
year goes GREAT!!

Granny--thanks for that great & sound advice. Us who are new to
navigating IEPs & the districts need all the help & input we can get.

the app went good We got everything straight with the school all the principal saw was Autism didnt pay attention to everything else. BUT the teachers did she will get 2 hours of pull out a day and mainstream K So everything worked out well. Hopefully we will not have anymore problems. Thanks for all the advice and thoughts.

Keep in mind also on those IEP that you can prevent them from putting anything in the IEP that you do not want in there AND

You can have anything added that you want in there.

I've specifically requested things. My son has an aid with him that goes around with him I started with on in 2nd or 3rd grade and it was mainly to keep him on task, make notes and scribe for him because of the writiting problems. We also had it documented that the school district had to provide a small laptop for him to write with, so it's a little Alpha Smart computer and he types his papers on there and they just hook it up to the printer and print the papers out.

He's had one of those for about 7-8 years.

He's been mainstream all through school. Don't let them push you around, you are in the beginning stages of your IEP, now is when you lay the ground work for your child the rest of her school years.

If they find out that you can be intimidated and/or pushed around, they will do it. If you have questions or concerns about how things are going, or you want to check in on how things are going. Call a meeting. I have quarterly meetings with my sons group and have had and it works great. That way there are no suprises come IEP time.

GOOD LUCK!

What does the IEP say? The principal MUST follow the IEP and EVERY teacher or therapist who works with your chld MUST have a copy of that IEP. Make friends with the Spec. Ed. administrators and have them intervene with the principal if that's necessary. HEre is an excellent article on Least Restrictive Environment.

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/lre.faqs.inclusion.htm

If the IEP reads regular ed with 2 hours pull out, then that is what they have to provide, unless they change the IEP in an IEP meeting and you agree to the new one. The time for the school district staff to disagree was during the IEP meeting (and my SD always does) not now.

If they do not provide that then you can find a private placement and bill the school district ---- if you follow the proper notice, procedures etc. You probably want someone familiar with the laws and you state's laws to do it right. Such as a advocate or lawyer. At the very least you need to give written notice with sufficient time for them to respond.

They'd probably like if you'd home school --- it would save them a lot of money. In all likelihood, they would not consider that a threat.

Probably the thing to do is politely insist that they implement the IEP as previously agree to. It is a legally binding contact of sorts. And expect your next IEP meeting to have a lot more school staff present.
As I understand the law, the IEP is IT. This principal can't change what
was legally agreed upon. That's why there's so much back & forth and
work that goes into finalizing the IEP. Do you have a copy of the IEP? If
things don't go your way, or this principal is still attempting to alter the
IEP, I would get an advocate asap. The book "From Emotions to
Advocacy" is wonderful as well, check out www.wrightslaw.com. Lots of
info on here too. I would fight, fight, fight...especially given this is on the
IEP, legally the school is in the wrong. Just make sure that is what the IEP
states, that no post-meeting changes were made. Sneaky tactics by the
SD (always leave the IEP meeting w/ a draft copy of the IEP, as it was
agreed upon at that meeting).

I agree w/ Dad2, the SD would love for your to homeschool... Which,
from what Tzoya has said is the most restrictve environment. The goal is
getting your child into the LRE, and it sounds like you & her teachers all
agree that reg kind w/ pull-outs is her LRE. GOOD LUCK! Keep us
posted!
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