deadwing , I don't have a current email or phone number. When he stopped talking to me he claimed that he lost my phone number which I took to mean that he deleted it. And he could have saved it when I reached out again. The email that I had, he never responded to, and could have been old since it was Hotmail.
I think the risk of phishing is too high to respond to. If he wanted a response, he could have added more information to prove it was him. Like a brief update and the reason why he was reaching out.
I am trying to figure out if I am overreacting because I’m tired and cranky or if my frustration level is appropriate. I understand that schools are desperate for subs and that the quality/experience may vary. I’m trying to give grace, but finding it harder and harder.
For background, I have an 11yo diagnosed with dyslexia at the end of 4th grade. His teachers didn’t suspect it, but we pushed to have him tested due to his struggles with writing prompts, combined with a family history. He had accommodations for dyslexia and dysgraphia last year and started 6th grade (MS) in early August. Unfortunately, he’s had a long term sub with zero experience as his ELAR teacher for the first 6.5 weeks. There’s been little to no communication from the sub, although my DS has expressed frustration about the amount of writing (normal and expected) and lack of grades. His 1st progress report was on 9/15 with a grade of 100, but after grades were finally submitted his grade has dropped to a 70 only seven days later. His accommodations include 50% more time on his daily assignments, but he was asked Friday if he thought he deserved more time than other students when he had spent some of class time talking and he did not receive additional time today. We’ve had a conversation about the talking situation and making good choices, but at the end of the day it shouldn’t matter. My 11yo is acing all of his other classes, but writing is his Achilles heel and he STRUGGLES hard with it. There have been multiple other smaller issues, but I’m trying to balance being patient and understanding with advocating for my child. Complicating matters is the teacher is expected back in early October and I’ve yet to hear back from the dyslexia specialist who I emailed Friday morning to clarify the logistics of 50% more time. I will be polite in whatever email I send, but I am pissed that I’m just now finding out about any issues near the end of the 1st quarter and that he may not have been receiving his accommodations.
TLDR: Would you email the sub to clarify how the accommodations are being handled and leave out all the rest? DS does not want me to mention the comment he made and I would prefer to honor his request.
IEP and 504 accommodations are legally binding. A teacher has no legal authority to remove accommodations or threaten them under any circumstances. I would get in touch with the principal immediately, they’ll want to know as it opens the school up to a lawsuit.
Apologies for reviving the Monday randoms…
penguingrrl, is there an expected timeframe for staff to respond to a question about a 504? I sent a relatively simple question before school began on Friday and I’m surprised I haven’t heard back yet, based on my interactions with their elementary school equivalents last year.
IEP and 504 accommodations are legally binding. A teacher has no legal authority to remove accommodations or threaten them under any circumstances. I would get in touch with the principal immediately, they’ll want to know as it opens the school up to a lawsuit.
Apologies for reviving the Monday randoms…
penguingrrl , is there an expected timeframe for staff to respond to a question about a 504? I sent a relatively simple question before school began on Friday and I’m surprised I haven’t heard back yet, based on my interactions with their elementary school equivalents last year.
I don't know if there's an expected timeframe for a response on that, sorry! I know in my district it's a district-wide policy that emails are answered within a business day, so it would still be close for us (we were closed yesterday for Yom Kippur), but I don't know what the laws surrounding responding are beyond the request for initial evaluation having very strict timelines. I would probably reach out again if you haven't heard by tomorrow.