school problem
I AM A PARENT OF 2 AUTISTIC AND ADHD CHILDREN. THEY WERE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL AND THE YOUNGEST WAS PUT IN A CLASSROOM FROM HELL. HE WAS PLACED WITH OTHER AUTISTIC CHILDREN WITH VERY AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS. WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY HE PICKED UP ON THEM AND NOW HAS BAD BEHAVIORS HIMSELF. ABOUT 3 WEEKS ABOUT MY SON CAME HOME AND HIS SPECIAL ED TEACHER TOLD ME THAT HE HAD A PROBLEM AT THE WATER FOUNTAIN PULLING ANOTHER CHILDS HAIR. HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WAITING IN LINE. HIS TEACHERS AIDE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES, WASN'T. THE REGULAR ED TEACHER GRABBED MY SON AND SQUEEZED HIS HAND (HURTING HIM) AND DRAGGED HIM TO THE END OF THE LINE. WELL WHEN HE TOLD ME THIS I WENT TO THE SCHOOL AND CALLED THE TEACHER OUT IN THE HALL, I REACHED MY HAND OUT AND I GAVE HER A FIRM HANDSHAKE AND TOLD HER NOT TO PUT HER HANDS ON MY CHILD LIKE THAT AGAIN. SHE INSTANTLY BEGAN PLAYING DRAMA QUEEN. FIRST SHE DENIED THE ACCUSATIONS BUT WHEN I TOLD HER THAT MATTHEW HAD TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD HURT HIM THEN SHE STARTED WAVING HER HANDS IN THE AIR AND SAYING WHAT IS SHE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN SHE IS GETTING REPORTS FROM OTHER CHILDREN;S PARENTS SAYING MATTHEW HIT THEM OR KICKED THEM. I TOLD HER TO USE HER WORDS JUST LIKE SHE SHOULD BE TELLING HIM TO DO. HE IS A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY SHE IS JUST A CHILD ABUSER THAT THOUGHT SHE WOULD GET AWAY WITH IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY BECAUSE I DID TOUCH HER AND ACCUSE HER OF HURTING MY CHILD SHE MADE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT. SHE CALLED THE POLICE AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. SHE LIED ON HER POLICE REPORT WHICH MEANS SHE PERJURED HERSELF. BUT NOW THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR AND THE PRINCIPAL ARE HARRASSING ME. THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT I WASN'T ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. I DID WITHDRAW THAT CHILD FROM SCHOOL THERE BECAUSE HE HAD ALREADY BEEN PSYCHOLOGICALLY TORTURED. HE ASKED HIS TEACHER NUMEROUS TIMES TO CALL ME WHILE HE WAS CRYING AND I HAD TOLD THEM REPEATEDLY TO CALL ME IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM OR IF HE WANTED TO CALL ME THEN THEY SHOULD. HE HATED THE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE WAS TREATED. THE SPECIAL ED COORDINATOR CALLED AND TOLD ME I WAS NOT ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING AGAIN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. I DO HAVE A CHILD ATTENDING THIS SCHOOL. THIS MEANS I CAN'T ATTEND CLASS PARTIES OR PARENT/ TEACHER CONFERENCES. IS THIS LEGAL? IF MY CHILD GOES TO SCHOOL THERE ARE THEY ALLOWED TO KEEP MY FROM ENTERING THE BUILDING? ALSO, THE PRINCIPAL CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT I COULD NOT GO TO A PUBLIC PLACE THAT MY CHILD'S CLASS WAS GOING ON A FIELD TRIP TO. I HAD ALREADY MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT I WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR FIELD TRIP BUT I ALREADY TOLD MY KIDS WE WERE GOING ON THAT DAY, SHE TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PICK ANOTHER DAY. I TOLD HER AND THE SPECIAL ED COORDINATOR THAT THEY WERE NOT MY BOSS AND HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL ME WHERE I CAN GO AND WHEN AND NEVER TO CALL ME FOR THAT REASON AGAIN. I ALSO TOLD THEM I WOULDN'T BE INTIMIDATED OR BULLIED. TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY PARENT TEACHER CONFFERENCE IN WHICH THEY WANTED ME TO ATTEND IN ANOTHER BUIDING. I TOLD THE TEACHER WE COULD DO IT OVER THE PHONE THAT I HADMY FILL OF THE SPECIAL ED COORDINATOR AND DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE SAME BUILDING AS HER. SO WE SET UP A TIME OF 12:30, THE TEACHER CALLED AND SAID THAT SHE HAD ANOTHER TEACHER AND THE PRINCIPAL THERE AND WAS IT OK TO PUT ME ON SPEAKER PHONE. I SAID NO THAT THE PRINCIPAL WAS NOT THE TEACHER NOR THE PARENT AND I DIDN'T FEEL SHE NEEDED TO BE THERE. SHE SAID SHE SITS IN ON CONFERENCES, I TOLD HER TO GO SIT IN ON SOMEONE ELSES THEN BECAUSE I HAD NOTHING TO SAY TO HER AND DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR FROM HER EITHER. THIS MEETING IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT MY CHILD AND THAT IS IT. IT IS A PARENT/ TEACHER CONFERENCE AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS GOING ON IN THE BUILDING BUT MY CONFERENCE CALL WAS THE ONLY ONE SHE WAS INTERESTED IN. THE TEACHER ASKED COULD SHE TELL THE PRINCIPAL WHAT I SAID AND CALL ME BACK AND I SAID YES. WELL IT IS AFTER 5PM NOW AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE RETURN CALL FOR MY PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE. THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE PRINCIPAL TO BE AT THAT CONFERENCE EXCEPT TO ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE AND HARRASS ME. WHAT CAN BE DONE? I WANT TO KNOW IF THEY ARE BREAKING ANY LAWS OR VIOLATING MY RIGHTS. I AM PRETTY SURE I NEED AN ATTORNEY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. OH AND BY THE WAY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES WAS CALLED ON THE TEACHER THAT INJURED MY SON AND IT IS A PART OF HER PERMANANT RECORD BUT DFS SAYS THEY CAN'T ARREST HER OR DO ANYTHING ELSE TO HER. THE POLICE SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HER AS WELL.
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