Monday, January 22, 2007
ESE = FTE MONEY lies in public school
January 22, 2007
Today I met with a school psychologist, a ESE district compliance “specialist,” a middle school compliance “specialist,” the student’s self-contained classroom teacher, and some woman who left the meeting rather abruptly, but clearly hadn’t a clue about the student, who she was or why her mother and grandmother called the meeting. I was invited by the mother who herself was in ESE classes all of her life and to this day carries a disability, which is state supported, of not being able to read.
The student had no behavioral issues until she was placed in ESE classes 2 years ago. The mom and grandma want her out of ESE. The district specialist asks, “If we put her in mainstream classes, and she exhibits behavioral problems we will be forced to put her back in ESE. I inquired, “Why wasn’t there a need to put her back in mainstream when she experienced behavioral issues when placed in ESE.” I was told it was clear that I had an agenda and am argumentative. (hee hee hee hee)
Mr. Self-Contained classroom teacher stated that the only thing holding her back from mainstream is her behavior, yet was FORCED to retract that statement because he would have fucked up the whole meeting! – No actually they made him retract it because this falcon swooped in immediately on that one and used it to demand the student’s emancipation from ESE.
The school’s psychologist stated, after airing the student’s sad state of affairs, to which he was verbally confronted by guess who - when he found himself cornered he argued that there exists study after study that proves that ESE programs do not work for the betterment of the student. Call me a predator, bird of prey, but I couldn’t help but asking him, “Then why do you work in the capacity of placing students and keeping students in this program?” He told me that I was “insulting” and “inappropriate”. When he refused to address my question, the 2 specialists came to his defense stating: that such attacks need not be responded to, and encourage Mr. Psychologist to not respond. Where and when did I become insulting and inappropriate? He brought it up! I was just feeding back what he spewed forth.
Today I met with a school psychologist, a ESE district compliance “specialist,” a middle school compliance “specialist,” the student’s self-contained classroom teacher, and some woman who left the meeting rather abruptly, but clearly hadn’t a clue about the student, who she was or why her mother and grandmother called the meeting. I was invited by the mother who herself was in ESE classes all of her life and to this day carries a disability, which is state supported, of not being able to read.
The student had no behavioral issues until she was placed in ESE classes 2 years ago. The mom and grandma want her out of ESE. The district specialist asks, “If we put her in mainstream classes, and she exhibits behavioral problems we will be forced to put her back in ESE. I inquired, “Why wasn’t there a need to put her back in mainstream when she experienced behavioral issues when placed in ESE.” I was told it was clear that I had an agenda and am argumentative. (hee hee hee hee)
Mr. Self-Contained classroom teacher stated that the only thing holding her back from mainstream is her behavior, yet was FORCED to retract that statement because he would have fucked up the whole meeting! – No actually they made him retract it because this falcon swooped in immediately on that one and used it to demand the student’s emancipation from ESE.
The school’s psychologist stated, after airing the student’s sad state of affairs, to which he was verbally confronted by guess who - when he found himself cornered he argued that there exists study after study that proves that ESE programs do not work for the betterment of the student. Call me a predator, bird of prey, but I couldn’t help but asking him, “Then why do you work in the capacity of placing students and keeping students in this program?” He told me that I was “insulting” and “inappropriate”. When he refused to address my question, the 2 specialists came to his defense stating: that such attacks need not be responded to, and encourage Mr. Psychologist to not respond. Where and when did I become insulting and inappropriate? He brought it up! I was just feeding back what he spewed forth.
# posted by Bite Me Kissimmee @ 3:14 PM 
