Second try - stay put law

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I'm giving this a try again, as I haven't yet received any feedback. We are

meeting with the Director of Special Ed in our district on May 1 in hopes of

finding about this " new " program. The " meet the new teacher " tea was

cancelled at the last minute. Here's my post of 4/23 again:

I hardly post at all, but hope Celeste or someone else out there can advise

me on where to look for this information.

My daughter Madeline, HOH, just turned 4, has been attending an

auditory-oral private preschool since June of 1999 (when we moved to San

Diego, CA) that has been funded by the school district we live in, because

they do not have their own program. We are thrilled at her progress and

gearing up for kindergarten in the fall of 2001. The school is fabulous,

the teachers have years of experience and we want to stay there until she is

ready to be mainstreamed (one more year).

We just received a letter from our district, inviting us to " meet the new

teacher of the new program we are starting " next week. We are in shock, as

we didn't think they would start their own program.

Madeline's IIEP is May 11, and we want to do everything we can to stay where

we are. Currently the district is sending five children to this school, two

are graduating to kindergarten, so there will be three four year olds

remaining.

The teacher (who we will meet Tuesday) is a brand new teacher and we are

quite nervous about the possibility of a transition.

HELP. The director of our current school is helping to gather information.

Is there such a thing as a " stay put " clause, where the district would have

to take us to due process? This is the rumor I heard from another one of

the moms in our situation.

Thanks!

Joan, mom of Madeline