They say the honeymoon period is over, now what? I so confused!

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So about 4 weeks ago Jakob switched schools so that he could go to a school

closer to our home and they switched him from the BSP program to the Austic LD

program. Apparently he had been doing his work with no problems. Then today I

get a note sent home that said;

Ms. ,

Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gresham and myself would like to meet with you at your earliest

convenience. Please let us know when you are available to meet with us. Thanks,

Mrs. Dickinson.

So I called to find out what is going on. Mrs. Dickinsons proceeds to tell me

that Jakob is refusing to do any work. He is keeping them from teaching the

other children. He wants them to sit next to him and take him step by step or do

it for him. She thought he wasn't listening yesterday in Social Studies, but

when she quized him verbally he knew every answer. She said he can't go on to

the 2nd grade if he can't put his work down on paper. She said they all know he

is capable, but he just won't do the work.. She said that they are all

frustrated. They are worried about the time that is taken away from the other

children and now worried that his school isn't the place for him. So here we are

back on the same boat and left to wonder, why doesn't my child have a place to

be educated, after all it is his right to a FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION. Unless I

missed something, it didn't say anything about exception. Or exclusion, for that

matter.

I just don't know what to do now. I certainly can't go back in there and feel as

though Jakob doesn't belong or that he is an outsider! And here I thought we'd

found the perfect place. Wrong AGAIN!