As education budgets are being slashed schools are tight when it comes to allotting monies for special needs children. It is important for parents to be aware of how the IEP process works and to be assertive with the IEP team during a meeting. Know your rights. The preparation alone can be overwhelming.
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The statewide survey shows that: According to the new poll, nearly a third of the 600 youths, ages 16 to 22, polled via cell phone last May believed it would take them longer to finish college. They said they will either have to attend school part time or delay college entirely because of financial concerns. [...]
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Lessons for Parents: Responding to Bad Grades I receive an email today from the Insider’s Club of the Love and Logic Institute. Sometimes I read them but most of the time they go in my trash, but today’s subject really spoke to me, “Responding to Bad Grades”. We have an ongoing battle in our house [...]
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Where is our education going? Where are our societies priorities? It appears to me when the bell rings – the teachers are done. We have called a few meetings with the teachers and counselor to see what could be done to get his grades improved. Out of 5 classes, two of his teachers showed up; at another meeting one teacher attended. We sat there with the counselor, reading the notes the teachers had written. The English teacher coaches Girl’s Tennis after school therefore she could not make it. Uhhh, she couldn’t take 15 minutes to meet with the parents of one of her student’s that is failing her English class? I have tried contacting her and she is very unavailable. What is her priority, Girl’s Tennis or a student that is failing her English class? The administration seems to be fine with it; in my mind I am thinking what message is the student getting from the school?
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It appears my son will graduate from high school or finish all his credits by the middle of next month. I am not celebrating yet, because we all know with troubled teens anything can happen in the wink of an eye. Right now he is on the path of having all his units completed. How [...]
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This is the son that I wonder if we have neglected because we have put so much energy into his older brothers issues. This is not that uncommon when you have one child with special needs.
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I don’t know about you but while some are celebrating the end of the school year I am cringing to think about my sons grades at the end of his freshman year in high school. As they transition to high school, I have been told by many “professionals”, that poor grades during the freshman year [...]
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Today is the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School tragedy; listed are a few links I found with information about what has been learned 10 years later and changes that have been made. This article from the Colorado Springs Gazette reports what needs and has been done at some schools to make them safe, [...]
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