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kelli New member Posts: 1 |
posted March 17, 2002 11:20 PM
   
About four years ago my daughter had a teacher who did not follow the medical proticol provided by her pediatrician.This unfortunately caused my daughter to become ill and ended up with a severe infection among other things. She had been attending the same school for five years at that point with no problems. My husband and I were concerned since the teacher did not seem to take her condition seriously. I tried to explain to the teacher that it was very important that Doctor's orders needed to be followed. I was very carefull not to sound angry. I just wanted to be sure that in the future she would follow the orders.This turned in to a personal attack on my family before it was over. She proceeded to tell me that I was a liar,my child was a liar and several other students who witnessed her actions were liars too!!! My daughter ended up missing school she became so ill she could not even walk. The first day she was out several concerned parents from the class called all telling me their children came home telling similar stories about the teacher drawing a picture of my daughter and her skin on the blackboard and worse. When we met with the principal about this we were informed that all these people were unreliable witnesses because they were children. At that point we decided we needed to talk to the superintendant of schools thinking he would help us straighten this out. He just told me that he heard my daughter was nothing but trouble. That could not have been further from the truth. She had always been an honor student and received citizenship awards every quarter her entire school career. They then sent me a letter demanding her entire medical records including psychological records. I know it is to late to make a long story short but all these years later she has been continually harassed by district employees. Now I have to be worried about my daughter harming herself from everything they put her through. I tried the legal route but finding an attorney who is well versed in school law seems impossible since the ones who are represent school districts for the most part and don't want to get a bad rap with them. We are now moving because sometimes being right is not the most important thing. IP: Logged |
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Kelly-Louise Member Posts: 5 |
posted March 20, 2002 01:47 AM
Kelli, I am so sorry to hear about your horrible experience with your school district. It is shocking to hear of the insensitivity and the lack of professionalism that you've had to deal with, on all levels! I am glad to hear that you are moving for your daughter's sake. You are probably right about not seeking legal action (although it really sounds like you have a case to me, and it's just the lawyer problem like you mentioned,)but have you considered talking to the local media? Maybe one of your local TV stations or newspaper would tell your story. That would embarrass the school district and possibly bring about change for future children, even if it doesn't benefit your daughter. It would also alert other parents to possibly avoid that school district. Another mom in my son's autism program did that and one of the TV stations here actually came and did a story on autism and the program! Anyway, that is just a thought. It must be terribly frustrating. God bless you and your daughter. I hope that she is able to thrive in the new school district. Kelly IP: Logged |
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momofvi Member Posts: 20 |
posted March 20, 2002 11:20 PM
I'm sorry I didn't see your post earlier. I understand your need to move, but I do have some suggestions. It is possible to get your current school system to be forced to pay to send your daughter to another school district because of this. I am not sure what state you are in, but there are laws in place to protect your daughter and since the school district has made it impossible for your daughter to attend there due to all the animosity they can be forced to pay 'tuition' to a neighboring school district. If you did this then you would not have to lose your home in order to get her in a better school. There are agencies that advocate for students and I can try to help you locate your local one. I know of this because I am the mother to a visually impaired son and have been dealing with uncooperative school districts for 6 years now. (I'm on this board, because I have ichthyosis.) I am also currently back in school to become a teacher for visually impaired and we've been studying in many classes on school laws. Please email me if you would like my help with this, I would be happy to help you. I've also been in school as a child and was ostracized because of my skin; believe me, I understand. My thoughts are with you and your daughter in these trying times. My email is julenewhite@cs.com IP: Logged |
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