LittleDudesMom
Well-Known Member
Based primarily on my gut (which hasn't led me astray in the last 16.5 years as mom) and partly on difficult child's opinions, we have decided to stay in the city school system and not take the tuition spot in the county school that I've worked so hard to get.
Suffice to say that it has been a tough decision, but one I feel is the best for my difficult child. Today marked the deadline on letting the county know if we were going to accept the out of district tuition spot, but I had not heard whether difficult child was accepted in the out of zone city school yet. I received a call from the county's Director of Instructional Support yesterday and let it go to voice mail. She wanted me to give her a call regarding difficult child's enrollment.
This morning I called our principal and asked him what he thought difficult child's chances were of being accepted at the city school for a out of zone spot since I had to let the county know today or send in a $500 non-refundable deposit. He said he had one thing to do then he would call the principle of the middle school and get back to me right away. Within 30 minutes I got a call from the middle school principal letting me know that he was marking difficult child's application "accepted" and that I would get a formal letter in early April when he had finished the entire process. Needless to say, I was very happy.
So, I called the county and decided to let her speak first since she called me. She said that she spoke wiht the principal of the middle school and they had gotten a copy of difficult child's IEP (based on my meeting with the school counselor last Friday). She said that since difficult child had a 1:1 in his IEP, he couldn't attend the school since county FAPT money paid for 1:1's and only children within the county were available for FAPT funds (we had to go to a FAPT meeting to get his current 1:1 in the city).
She said that all other IEP issues could be met but that one.
Even though this is a nonissue (the county school), I still wanted to get your opinions on this issue. She indicated that if difficult child needed self-contained, even as a tuition student, he could be placed at another middle school in the county since they didn't have one at that school. If he needed resource or just collabertive they could meet those issues as well. The only stinkler was the 1:1. If I felt difficult child could make the transition without the 1:1, then it was a go. At the end of our conversation, I told her I was calling to let her know that we had decided to stay in the city and I appreciated their considertion.
Thoughts?
Sharon
Suffice to say that it has been a tough decision, but one I feel is the best for my difficult child. Today marked the deadline on letting the county know if we were going to accept the out of district tuition spot, but I had not heard whether difficult child was accepted in the out of zone city school yet. I received a call from the county's Director of Instructional Support yesterday and let it go to voice mail. She wanted me to give her a call regarding difficult child's enrollment.
This morning I called our principal and asked him what he thought difficult child's chances were of being accepted at the city school for a out of zone spot since I had to let the county know today or send in a $500 non-refundable deposit. He said he had one thing to do then he would call the principle of the middle school and get back to me right away. Within 30 minutes I got a call from the middle school principal letting me know that he was marking difficult child's application "accepted" and that I would get a formal letter in early April when he had finished the entire process. Needless to say, I was very happy.
So, I called the county and decided to let her speak first since she called me. She said that she spoke wiht the principal of the middle school and they had gotten a copy of difficult child's IEP (based on my meeting with the school counselor last Friday). She said that since difficult child had a 1:1 in his IEP, he couldn't attend the school since county FAPT money paid for 1:1's and only children within the county were available for FAPT funds (we had to go to a FAPT meeting to get his current 1:1 in the city).
She said that all other IEP issues could be met but that one.
Even though this is a nonissue (the county school), I still wanted to get your opinions on this issue. She indicated that if difficult child needed self-contained, even as a tuition student, he could be placed at another middle school in the county since they didn't have one at that school. If he needed resource or just collabertive they could meet those issues as well. The only stinkler was the 1:1. If I felt difficult child could make the transition without the 1:1, then it was a go. At the end of our conversation, I told her I was calling to let her know that we had decided to stay in the city and I appreciated their considertion.
Thoughts?
Sharon
