need advice on broward school

August 12, 2008

My daughter does not have autism but has Cerebral Palsy. She has

been in private schools for the past 4 years none of which were a

great experiance. So after 4 years of not finding the right private

school, I decided to try public again. I used the public school

option on the Mckay to send her to a different public school so that

she would be in a school that a close friend has her daughters at

and so that she could be sent to that friends house for aftercare

and tutoring which she is in great need of.

After hearing back and forth wether she was going to be accepted

becuase she does not have a current IEP (becuase she has been in

private school for 4 years)they finally gave me a final answer last

week that yes she is accepted into the new public school. I have

been trying to get an answer out of anyone as to what type of class

she would be placed in. Finally today I got a hold of the ESE

specialist that works at the school and she said, once again,

because she does not have a current IEP they can only put her in a

gen ed class until they go through the lengthy process of doing an

IEP. She did not say how long just that it took a while.

I explained that my daughter cannot read or do any math,can barely

write, and has to be reminded constantly to stay on task so how will

she fit into a 4th grade class. And she said that she had no other

options, because they only have an autism cluster, and that I was

the one who chose the school.

I know that my daughter will not fit in a gen ed class, at least not

for the full day. I chose the school because I had heard good things

about their ESE and especially because my friend is a great support

system that is going to be very beneficial to my daughter.

Now I dont know what to do. School starts monday and they are

planning on sticking her in a gen ed class with 22 other kids.

I am so frustrated, What do I do?

PS sorry so long

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