Re: special ed or 504

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In a message dated 8/15/2006 8:38:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

hrsparling@... writes:

If we battle

the school district we know they will send him back to jr high. if we

don't battle them they will keep him at this school under 504 and not

the special ed.

I am mom to a soon-to-be 14 year old son, who is also starting high school

and skipping the 8th grade. We just had an IEP meeting and set up his

accommodations.

He has Asperger's, also. He's receiving special ed services, and there's

never been any question about it. We are in Pennsylvania.

We have been consulting with a lawyer all year long, and she told us that

once he starts 9th grade, they cannot put him back in the middle school; that

he will legally be a freshman then and there's no going back.

[Guest guest]

Where are you located? I recommend you contact either your local Parent

Information Center or your local Protection and Advocacy Office. If you tell

me

where you are, I can get information to you on both. Pam

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In a message dated 8/16/2006 6:31:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

RohrbachJL@... writes:

I am mom to a soon-to-be 14 year old son, who is also starting high school

and skipping the 8th grade. We just had an IEP meeting and set up his

accommodations.

He has Asperger's, also. He's receiving special ed services, and there's

never been any question about it. We are in Pennsylvania.

Is your son starting at a charter school or regular public setting? I think

that is the difference here. Charter school sometimes have their own

governances. P.S. I recognize you from the AOL message board! Nice to have

you.

Pam

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We live in Magnolia tx which is a burb of Houston. The school is in

district but is a smaller high school not the regular high school

this one is set-up as a self -paced smaller classrooms the

classrooms have about 15 kids per teacher which is one of the

reasons we want him at this location. Most kids have to go thru an

application process to be admitted at this location but because of

my sons special circumstances he did not have to go thru that. His

ARD committee presented this to us as one of our options. We felt

this would be much better than the regular high school which

probably has in excess of 800 kids and the one we chose has about 75

kids

>

> Okay I really need help. Have a 12 yo son diagnosed aspergers

April

> this year. Did ARD day before school was out. Was a seventh

grader

> who took a test to skip eight. Ard papers say he is going to a

high

> school campus within our school district. Which the principal is

now

> telling us he cannot not attend being under special ed. They want

us

> to ARD him out of special ed and into 504 because of their

charter.

> This is a school within our school district which is a self-paced

> campus. To make matters worse I don't think my son passed the

credit

> by exam for eighth. But I really want him at this school the JR

High

> he was at is just not an option my son was getting bullied by

students

> and teachers almost on a daily basis. My son was begging me not

to

> make him go to school. Home schooling is not an option for me

cause

> this kid is just way to bright, alot brighter than mom. If we

battle

> the school district we know they will send him back to jr high.

if we

> don't battle them they will keep him at this school under 504 and

not

> the special ed. They informed us about this today at 4:30 and

school

> starts tomorow.

>