I'm going to start by just diving in. Today, I have Choo home with me and Bear because they are holding Special Olympics. Why isn't he participating? He is not old enough. You must be 8 to play. However, for the past two years (at two different schools) he went to the track and field events and they had a special section for prekindergarten and kindergarten. Not this year? He could have gone and sat around all day. Yes, I'm laughing right now. That would have been horrible for him and whoever was watching him. But, don't worry, he won't be marked as absent. Seriously, I wonder how many 'free' days they are going to give my child. He was off last Friday because all three of his teachers were going to be out. I was told a substitute would be there. A sub was there, but not for HIS class. Seems all of the special ed teachers were out. So, Choo had to go to another classroom with students and a para he didn't know. I got a call at 8:40 (he had been there since 8:10) to come pick him up because they "didn't know what to do with him"; "he is very upset". Crap. It would have been better if I had been told about this earlier in the week, but they informed me at 3:00pm on Thursday afternoon. (They had just realized that all three of them would be out- really?) Information should have been more forthcoming, but this is not a surprise. I wanted him to go to school because he was going to be off on Monday due to 'staff development & parent/teacher conferences'. Do you have any idea what this is doing to our routine? Tomorrow and Friday will be hell getting him ready for school, and then TWO MORE FREAKING DAYS OFF, aka 'the weekend'.
Maybe I can entice him into the pool...
What if you were a working mom and could NOT come pick him up. That's terrible. The school has an obligation for a safe learning environment. Putting a child with special needs in a strange classroom is not meeting that obligation.
ReplyDeleteWow, the day before? And all 3 out the same day??? I'd be unhappy. Looking forward to more blogs from you!
ReplyDeleteI hate that! It happens all the time, even when you tell them over and over to PLEASE give advance notice (about days "off" or subs or movie days or parties or whatever!) I just don't think they will ever get it that our kids need routine day in and day out or yes, they will have to call and say, "I don't know what to do with him...he's under the desk and won't come out." Weekends and spring break and professional days are all just special days made by some crazy person to torture us ha ha ha ha!
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