Question about school buses leaving early

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Hi everyone .....I am going to throw this out to all of you....and see what you

think or know for a fact.

My son rides a smaller bus becuase he was getting in trouble on the larger

one...kids picked on him and teased him...he didn't know his own space and

annoyed kids...etc. etc. So we put him on a small bus with about 3 kids on it.

He comes home in a better mood...less noise, less stress and no picking on.

But here comes the problem.....the bus leaves earlier then the regular buses.

They tell me 15 min. I know for a fact that the high school students leave 1/2

hour early as I work in the school district.

Now here is the corker....at the transition meeting...the teacher said she was

very concerned about his IEP because it states he can take up to 4 sensory

breaks a day. She was afraid he was going to ABUSE it. She said you know how

kids love to get out of class. She was afraid of him missing academic time. I

informed her that so far my son has never taken a break...not once. In fact, I

told her I want the teacher to monitor him and make him take one when they see

he is tired or stress ....Then they told me since my son is allowed to retake a

test if his grade is below a 70, that he would have to take it after school.

They are afraid of him missing academic time. Ok....that is fine...I

understand....but then I dropped the bomb.

I told them at the meeting...since the buses leave early, I didn't want my son

in an academic class at the end of the day. He had math this past year and

missed 15 -20 min. of academic time. Well, guess what...since he is in

band...he will have math at the end of day...in fact both red and blue teams

have math at the end of the day. Only the white team doesn't and that is

becuase they don't have band.

The teacher said....oh, he can take a few worksheets home and work on them.

Yeah, right. Who is she kidding...I can't get him to do 3 math problems without

having a fight and she thinks he will do 2 math sheets. OMG! Each time now I

get angrier and angrier when I think about it. It is okay for my son to miss

academic time when it is convenient for them....but otherwise NO!

So, I wrote the asst. principal and the case manager....basically I told them

that my son was not being give his right to a full academic day like all the

other students. Discrimination. I added up 15 min. a day which come to 1 1/4

hours a week or 5 hours a month or 45 hours a year...so I gave them some

choices:

1. Put him back on the reg. bus (not such a great idea)

2. Put him on another small bus that leaves at the regular dismisal time

3. Give a tutor for 1 1/4 hours to make up the difference ...plus he should get

one for all the time he lost last year.

4. Put him in a math class that is not at the end of the day.

My son stuggles with math and he needs all the time he can get with the teacher.

A lot of time they let the students work on their math homework and have the

teacher to help them. So, he is missing all this. Plus I truly believe what

they are doing is Illegal. Does anyone know this for sure???

I would appreciate your comments.

jan