Friday, March 20, 2009

The plot thickens

Oh, it gets even better....The school required my kid to go to a class that he was not supposed to be in! Additionally, when he went to school yesterday and was in the library, the librarians told him he had to work on the Home & Careers project. He told them his parents were contacting the school becasue they did not want him to do it. Rather than just leave it alone, they forced him to do the project. After about 5 minutes, he walked himself to the principal's office and explained the dilemma. Anyway...here is the lastest development with the school trying to kill my kid:

[principal]-

It came to my attention last night that [student's name] was told the he needed to go to the Home and Careers room on Tuesday at the beginning of class to pick up his assignment. I guess I fail to understand the disconnect that is occurring with this class. This recent development presents two issues:

  1. By requiring [student's name] to report to a class that he is unable to participate, it draws attention to the fact that he is not participating in class. It singles him out, it makes him different and does so in front of all his peers. It would be akin to having a paralyzed student report to the gym in front of the other students to pick up a alternative assignment.
  2. During our group meeting in In June 2008, we discussed the reasons why [student's name] was NOT to be in the Home and Careers room. It was agreed the school would be unable to keep this room allergen-reduced, and the risk of exposure too great. This was reiterated as recently as 2 weeks ago when [teacher's name] asked if [student's name] could be in that room and participate in a muffin baking demonstration. She was told "no". By requiring him to report to class in the Home and Careers room, the school has increased the likelihood of him having a reaction from cross-contamination. The school is not adhering to the established plan and instead, putting him in a position of increased exposure.

There have been too many incidents with this class, and I am not pleased with how things are being handled.

-[parent]

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