We got the placement , how do I break the news NEW SCHOOL!?!

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

Well I am VERY excited about the new placement for next year for my

dd. She will be in 2nd grade and in a full day special day class

with mainly AS kids! We had to fight very hard for this placement.

First grade was very, very difficult for her. We moved from Kauai

where she attended a private island school, her teacher really " got "

her and used to let her sit outside the classroom in the sunshine to

do her work with the turtle; back to California (where we are from)

to a very uptight public school where there are twice as many kids

in her class and they all have the same exact work as every other

1st grader. Any accomodation must be approved by 17 different

district officials and then put off as long as possible until dd is

a crying mess and hates school. The kids made fun of her because of

her tics and how different she is socially. The teacher absolutely

gave up on her because she get her to do the same work.

I have such high hopes for this new class where she will get much

more attention with specially trained teachers and a 2:1 ratio! The

bad news is that it is at a different school in our district there

is only one of these classes in our city. So any advice on telling

her she has to go to a new school AGAIN, new bathrooms, new

cafeteria, new friends. UGH

Thanks,

Rechelle

[Guest guest]

Could you contact someone from the new class and get their advice? They've

probably dealt with this numerous times before. Maybe a visit before school

starts so she can get a little familiar with everything before her first

official day?

Pat-Mom to Josh (16 yo AS) and Sara (13 yo AS)

rechelle5us <rechelle5@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Well I am VERY excited about the new placement for next year for my

dd. She will be in 2nd grade and in a full day special day class

with mainly AS kids! We had to fight very hard for this placement.

First grade was very, very difficult for her. We moved from Kauai

where she attended a private island school, her teacher really " got "

her and used to let her sit outside the classroom in the sunshine to

do her work with the turtle; back to California (where we are from)

to a very uptight public school where there are twice as many kids

in her class and they all have the same exact work as every other

1st grader. Any accomodation must be approved by 17 different

district officials and then put off as long as possible until dd is

a crying mess and hates school. The kids made fun of her because of

her tics and how different she is socially. The teacher absolutely

gave up on her because she get her to do the same work.

I have such high hopes for this new class where she will get much

more attention with specially trained teachers and a 2:1 ratio! The

bad news is that it is at a different school in our district there

is only one of these classes in our city. So any advice on telling

her she has to go to a new school AGAIN, new bathrooms, new

cafeteria, new friends. UGH

Thanks,

Rechelle

[Guest guest]

Congrats on the new placement! I think I would talk to her about how awful

the current school was and how you decided to find a school that was going

to work out better, more like her first school did. THEN introduce the new

school. She might agree that this is a great idea if you are lucky.

Roxanna ôô

“If you’ve told a child a thousand times and he still does not understand,

then it is not the child who is the slow learner.”

Walter Barbee

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Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 9:50 PM

Subject: ( ) We got the placement , how do I break the news

NEW SCHOOL!?!

Hi Everyone,

Well I am VERY excited about the new placement for next year for my

dd. She will be in 2nd grade and in a full day special day class

with mainly AS kids! We had to fight very hard for this placement.

First grade was very, very difficult for her. We moved from Kauai

where she attended a private island school, her teacher really " got "

her and used to let her sit outside the classroom in the sunshine to

do her work with the turtle; back to California (where we are from)

to a very uptight public school where there are twice as many kids

in her class and they all have the same exact work as every other

1st grader. Any accomodation must be approved by 17 different

district officials and then put off as long as possible until dd is

a crying mess and hates school. The kids made fun of her because of

her tics and how different she is socially. The teacher absolutely

gave up on her because she get her to do the same work.

I have such high hopes for this new class where she will get much

more attention with specially trained teachers and a 2:1 ratio! The

bad news is that it is at a different school in our district there

is only one of these classes in our city. So any advice on telling

her she has to go to a new school AGAIN, new bathrooms, new

cafeteria, new friends. UGH

Thanks,

Rechelle

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[Guest guest]

Rechelle,

Quick, see if she can visit this school as soon as possible. In

California, they are probably still in session until the end of July,

as they are probably designated as an NPS (nonpublic school) within

the system. Many of the kids probably qualify for summer school at

the district's expense. My son got to visit his nps for a couple of

days, and it made all t he difiference in the world. He transitioned

in like a dream. But then, he came from a school where he was treated

really badly, so the new school was a real treat.

Liz

On Jul 14, 2006, at 6:50 PM, rechelle5us wrote:

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Well I am VERY excited about the new placement for next year for my

> dd. She will be in 2nd grade and in a full day special day class

> with mainly AS kids! We had to fight very hard for this placement.

>

> First grade was very, very difficult for her. We moved from Kauai

> where she attended a private island school, her teacher really " got "

> her and used to let her sit outside the classroom in the sunshine to

> do her work with the turtle; back to California (where we are from)

> to a very uptight public school where there are twice as many kids

> in her class and they all have the same exact work as every other

> 1st grader. Any accomodation must be approved by 17 different

> district officials and then put off as long as possible until dd is

> a crying mess and hates school. The kids made fun of her because of

> her tics and how different she is socially. The teacher absolutely

> gave up on her because she get her to do the same work.

>

> I have such high hopes for this new class where she will get much

> more attention with specially trained teachers and a 2:1 ratio! The

> bad news is that it is at a different school in our district there

> is only one of these classes in our city. So any advice on telling

> her she has to go to a new school AGAIN, new bathrooms, new

> cafeteria, new friends. UGH

>

> Thanks,

>

> Rechelle

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

When my son entered 3rd grade he had to switch schools they let him come and

look around the school to see where the bathrooms were, his room and cafeteria

and things like that. He also got to meet the teacher he would have. Another

thing they did for him was take a picture of the school, his teacher , his room

and things like that and made a social story for him to read for a few weeks

before school began. In the story it started with his bus ride to school and

had what his bus number was and stated that his teacher would meet the bus at

the front of the school. They had her picture with her name and said he would

walk to class with her and had his class number and also a few things about the

morning routine to begin the day at school. Oh, they also had pictures of

other important people at the school with thier names like the principal and any

therapists he would be seeing. I think it was nice of the school to help create

the story and was very helpful to make my

son feel comfortable his first day of school.

Becky

rechelle5us <rechelle5@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Well I am VERY excited about the new placement for next year for my

dd. She will be in 2nd grade and in a full day special day class

with mainly AS kids! We had to fight very hard for this placement.

First grade was very, very difficult for her. We moved from Kauai

where she attended a private island school, her teacher really " got "

her and used to let her sit outside the classroom in the sunshine to

do her work with the turtle; back to California (where we are from)

to a very uptight public school where there are twice as many kids

in her class and they all have the same exact work as every other

1st grader. Any accomodation must be approved by 17 different

district officials and then put off as long as possible until dd is

a crying mess and hates school. The kids made fun of her because of

her tics and how different she is socially. The teacher absolutely

gave up on her because she get her to do the same work.

I have such high hopes for this new class where she will get much

more attention with specially trained teachers and a 2:1 ratio! The

bad news is that it is at a different school in our district there

is only one of these classes in our city. So any advice on telling

her she has to go to a new school AGAIN, new bathrooms, new

cafeteria, new friends. UGH

Thanks,

Rechelle

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