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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 552107" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>E took Span 1 two years ago and doesn't remember much from it. He's bombing Span 2 due to memory issues. He has made 100 on every homeework assignment and 40-60 on every test/quiz. He can't pass that way because now they have moved into listening to taped conversations in spanish and he's even more lost.</p><p></p><p>The sd says they can move him to an SAT prep class and that's fine- except they want to carry over this current spanish grade to be on his first report card for the SAT prep class PLUS have him make up all 40 pages of work they did in sat class while he was in spanish. So how does that get graded? If he's going to do that make-up work, shouldn't that replace the spanish grade or at least get averaged in? Nope- they apparently are going to average that in with future grades in sat class. Now remember, no one is going to teach him that previous stuff- just hand him 40 pages to do on top of whatever they are doing now. They won't come out and say that- all they will say in writing is that he HAS to do the make-up work but the spanish grade will be his first grade no matter what. Also, they are saying I have to approve by Monday AM (tomorrrow) or E loses that opportunity. And we'll discuss the IEP and work that out later. We don't have another IEP mtg scheduled right now- we had one last week. They didn't present this option at the mtg. They called me with it Thurs. afternoon. I asked my questions about grading Fri morning and they emailed back saying what I have relayed here- without actually defining how E's grades will be caalculated. It appears the teacher could give him whatever gradee she wanted in the sat prep class and they are setting him up to get the lowest grade possible in there.</p><p></p><p>I think he should go to the sat prep class. He has takeen the sat once as a junior and plans to take it again late this year. My position though is that the grading for spanish and sat make-up work should be discussed and agreedd upon by the iep team. Of course in this sd, that will mean them telling me why I have to agree with what they are telling me. They've already pulled the "this is all we can get the teacher and administrator to agree on" BS on me over this twice. It will eat up the semester pulling in the district or state's Special Education people, an advoctae, etc, and fighting the issue that this isn't how an iep is supposed to work. An iep would serve no purpose if they were all run like this, in my humble opinion. Oh- except in thiis sd where an iep for ED is only there so the sd can put the kid on a behavior contract.</p><p></p><p>E dosn't need this additional credit for the spanish/sat class if he's getting the standard diploma- but E says they don't allow students to take classes for "no credit". We are worried abiout how all this is mutliating his 3.2- 3.3 GPA because he wants to go to a 4-year college. It's this type of stuff though that can be accommodated in the iep but they are standing fast that they are accommodating his iep enough by "allowing him" to transfer to another class but these are their conditions and it has to be done Monday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 552107, member: 3699"] E took Span 1 two years ago and doesn't remember much from it. He's bombing Span 2 due to memory issues. He has made 100 on every homeework assignment and 40-60 on every test/quiz. He can't pass that way because now they have moved into listening to taped conversations in spanish and he's even more lost. The sd says they can move him to an SAT prep class and that's fine- except they want to carry over this current spanish grade to be on his first report card for the SAT prep class PLUS have him make up all 40 pages of work they did in sat class while he was in spanish. So how does that get graded? If he's going to do that make-up work, shouldn't that replace the spanish grade or at least get averaged in? Nope- they apparently are going to average that in with future grades in sat class. Now remember, no one is going to teach him that previous stuff- just hand him 40 pages to do on top of whatever they are doing now. They won't come out and say that- all they will say in writing is that he HAS to do the make-up work but the spanish grade will be his first grade no matter what. Also, they are saying I have to approve by Monday AM (tomorrrow) or E loses that opportunity. And we'll discuss the IEP and work that out later. We don't have another IEP mtg scheduled right now- we had one last week. They didn't present this option at the mtg. They called me with it Thurs. afternoon. I asked my questions about grading Fri morning and they emailed back saying what I have relayed here- without actually defining how E's grades will be caalculated. It appears the teacher could give him whatever gradee she wanted in the sat prep class and they are setting him up to get the lowest grade possible in there. I think he should go to the sat prep class. He has takeen the sat once as a junior and plans to take it again late this year. My position though is that the grading for spanish and sat make-up work should be discussed and agreedd upon by the iep team. Of course in this sd, that will mean them telling me why I have to agree with what they are telling me. They've already pulled the "this is all we can get the teacher and administrator to agree on" BS on me over this twice. It will eat up the semester pulling in the district or state's Special Education people, an advoctae, etc, and fighting the issue that this isn't how an iep is supposed to work. An iep would serve no purpose if they were all run like this, in my humble opinion. Oh- except in thiis sd where an iep for ED is only there so the sd can put the kid on a behavior contract. E dosn't need this additional credit for the spanish/sat class if he's getting the standard diploma- but E says they don't allow students to take classes for "no credit". We are worried abiout how all this is mutliating his 3.2- 3.3 GPA because he wants to go to a 4-year college. It's this type of stuff though that can be accommodated in the iep but they are standing fast that they are accommodating his iep enough by "allowing him" to transfer to another class but these are their conditions and it has to be done Monday. [/QUOTE]
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