Kat, you're so sweet! I've got my car back!!! Not having it for five days was so rough. The kids will be even more excited!!!
H had picked up the kids at my place Wed. night and then emailed me, b/c of the car sitch, since I didn't have it till today that he was just going to keep the kids b/c he was due to pick them up Friday night as it's his weekend this weekend. I said fine, but the kids were cooped up in his apt. the past 2 days now, and I don't like that part of it.
So I'm going to have 4 days now minus the kids. I guess I should get used to it, as H was mentioning the one week on, one week off deal. I don't think the kids would like that very much and I know I wouldn't!!!
BTW, one of my theatre friends gave me the ride and really sweet of him b/c he worked like 10 hours last night/this am. He hadn't slept I don't think in like 20 hours or something and took an energy drink he was so tired. I have great friends now! Also I promised to take him to the movies when he isn't so tired one of the weekends I don't have the kids. I still haven't been brave enough to go to the movies myself; I'll have to do that soon though.
If he does the one week on one week off, he will be trying to avoid paying child support. We know he has been trying to do that anyway. Make sure your L knows that they are stuck in the apartment all day and aren't allowed to go out. Real educational, NOT!! How would Daniel do all of the homeschooling? Is H saying he is going to do that with him when he gets home and give up OW time? Doubt it. Don't agree to it.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
How would Daniel do all of the homeschooling? Is H saying he is going to do that with him when he gets home and give up OW time? Doubt it. Don't agree to it.
kat
He's trying to get him into public school too. Despite no one thinking it's a good idea; I can't believe even he thinks its a good idea for him. Just says we have to do it because of $$. Karen
Did you ever get the TV/DVD player issue fixed? Just checking. D10 scolded me Sunday and said "gee you talked to Karen for a long time, did you know that?" LOL Yes Mommy knows. Hope you are doing well.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
Oh and guessed who called a bit ago...the Saturn guy about a car they got in. If he had told me they had found one and could get it, but I love what I have. Really if you had to pick hybrid or regular car for the same price, which would you choose? I felt bad for the car guy though.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
Really if you had to pick hybrid or regular car for the same price, which would you choose? I felt bad for the car guy though.
kat
Maybe you should try to cheer him up by asking him out for coffee or dinner or something. Yeah, still working on the DVD. My next bf is going to have to hook up a dvd or what good is he?! Karen
OK, I've got another question for anyone that has the time to answer.
It looks like there is going to be a delay before S9 can get special ed services. They may have to do more testing and will def. have to do the IEP process of meetings and all. When S15 did it a few years ago, different school but same county, it took almost the whole school year. Although I'm hoping since we've already done the private testing and a diff. school it would be a little faster this time. But anyway, until they complete that no special ed accomodations for D9. The main reason I agreed to her going is that my friend whose a teacher at the school said they have excellent special ed classroom & teachers. The asst. principal was suggesting they would put D9 in a regular classroom with no aide, and the teacher would report her concerns. The private evaluator told me a month or 2 ago that she recommended either special ed classroom or an aide if in a regular classroom and 1 or 2 hours a day rather than full-time. So going full-time with no accomodations seems totally against what she recommended.
They come back into the office next week and asked me to come in for a meeting. I'm thinking of suggesting my 1st option would be me homeschooling D9 during the special ed time (the morning half of the day when they do reading, math, and writing) and then having her go in the afternoon for lunch, special areas, science, etc which is her favorite classes anyway and that's when they mainstream them into regular classes so she'll have a transition into school which is good. Then when they let her into special ed she would go to that classroom in the am. If they don't agree to that, maybe just hsing her full-time until they are done with the IEP process and ready to give her accomodations. I think either option though H will be having us in court; I think he wants her in full-time because of the $$ issue so he can pay less alimony to me....
I would really love to get someone else's opinion on this. I feel like I'm alone in this b/c H is so focused on $$$ right now... Karen
Karen, Fed law mandates that you have only 60 days to complete due process from the date you sign the informed consent until they are tested and placed by district. Since you have private testing you should be able to sign a temporary placement form until their testing is complete. If they do a temporary placement they will develop an IEP for that time. Check with the Special Education Supervisor for the district prior to school starting. The ball can get rolling before school starts.
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Karen, Fed law mandates that you have only 60 days to complete due process from the date you sign the informed consent until they are tested and placed by district. Since you have private testing you should be able to sign a temporary placement form until their testing is complete. If they do a temporary placement they will develop an IEP for that time. Check with the Special Education Supervisor for the district prior to school starting. The ball can get rolling before school starts.
Ok, I haven't signed the consent yet, although both H and I gave them copies of our testing about a week ago. I guess I will ask about signing consent then next week.
The temporary placement form? Does that mean they will or should do some kind of accomodations before the 60 days? Sorry I'm ignorant about all this at this point! Or do you think it will be 60 days then before she would get accomodations? Karen
Karen, A committee consisting of the parent(s), special ed rep, and perhaps reg. ed teacher will get together to decide what kind of placement would be best for her at this time. They should look at her deficit areas from the testing that you give them and decide if she will receive instruction in the sp.ed setting and reg ed classes or receive all instruction in reg. ed with modifications/accomodations. If you can't get her into the sp.ed classes at this time at least look into 504 program. I'm pasting a link for you.
Not having it for five days was so rough. The kids will be even more excited!!!