More school/diet fu
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jauncourtI talked to his teacher yesterday afternoon. I don't think anything has been resolved. I am putting a STRONGLY worded instruction in his communication notebook, that he is not to have any candy, sugary snacks of any kind, or any consumable items with artificial colors. I've had to re-word it several times to make it civil.
She denied everything. Said he never eats anything that could be responsible for his poor behavior before the last hour of class, and they never give him anything with food coloring in it.
There's a rule that everything sent to the school HAS to be packaged. this makes it VERY hard to send snacks for him, or treats for special days.
We had a real problem finding something he could take for his birthday, since he'd been talking about it and other kids wanted to know when he'd have his party at school, so he was expecting it. We had to settle for a pack of 12 carrotcake mini-cakes because it was the healthiest "celebration food" locally available. The teacher decided that sugary snacks were OKAY for everyday, because we'd brought those. *I am SO pissed off* I had remind her that I wasn't allowed to bring a home-made, safe option, so I got the best packaged option.
Hopefully we'll be able to bring something better next year, though next year we may well be somewhere we can get organic baked goods.
Chris took FX out to breakfast today, and FX told Chris that he was routinely given candy as a reward for going potty. CANDY as a reward for going POTTY. That's all sorts of wrong, and it means she lied to me. And he doesn't even need it, because he was completely potty trained before he went to school!
I'm going to schedule a parent-teacher conference ASAP, and try to have my freind, who is a child services caseworker along to advocate for us.
I'm on the end of my rope.
She denied everything. Said he never eats anything that could be responsible for his poor behavior before the last hour of class, and they never give him anything with food coloring in it.
There's a rule that everything sent to the school HAS to be packaged. this makes it VERY hard to send snacks for him, or treats for special days.
We had a real problem finding something he could take for his birthday, since he'd been talking about it and other kids wanted to know when he'd have his party at school, so he was expecting it. We had to settle for a pack of 12 carrotcake mini-cakes because it was the healthiest "celebration food" locally available. The teacher decided that sugary snacks were OKAY for everyday, because we'd brought those. *I am SO pissed off* I had remind her that I wasn't allowed to bring a home-made, safe option, so I got the best packaged option.
Hopefully we'll be able to bring something better next year, though next year we may well be somewhere we can get organic baked goods.
Chris took FX out to breakfast today, and FX told Chris that he was routinely given candy as a reward for going potty. CANDY as a reward for going POTTY. That's all sorts of wrong, and it means she lied to me. And he doesn't even need it, because he was completely potty trained before he went to school!
I'm going to schedule a parent-teacher conference ASAP, and try to have my freind, who is a child services caseworker along to advocate for us.
I'm on the end of my rope.
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Date: 2007-03-30 06:55 pm (UTC)I know I mentioned his sugar and red dye sensitivity during the IEP meeting, and wrote a small statement about it in the VERY SMALL space provided for other parental concerns. I'll be bringing my copy of the IEP.
Next week is Easter break, and FX gets to detox all week. He's already better.
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Date: 2007-03-30 09:31 pm (UTC)Most parents have a problem of a useful IEP. You seem to have a situation where, no matter what the IEP states, you won't get it. I think that may be worse.
A few years ago, I ran into a similar problem - I found out the name of the biggest and scariest child education lawyer in the state. (He wrote the language in the state which covers IEPs). I asked if he would take my case, if necessary.
His name was enough.