Long time, no post

Heh.

I can't believe my head has not exploded at this point. I'm learning this new medical billing process- I hit my deadlines! Am fantastic. I know.

Update on the school situation? Sure, why not.

Jaysen still remains secluded in the "Quiet Room", but now the Team has thought it time to try and reintegrate him back into the GE class. Ohmigod- it's brilliant. Wish I had thought of that. *Sarcasm*

His IEP is Monday, and I'm shining up my incisors. I'm planning on making this the "Mutha of all IEP's", and I'm not backing down until we get it. Everything shall be spelled out and specific, and there shan't be any ambiguity mucking up the intentions. I want to know who, what, where, when, why, and how. And it will be documented. And shiny.

Remember the crack-attack parents of the other students? Y'know, the ones who want to hang me in effegy and send my son to an institution? Well, I received a phone call from the Special Services Representative asking my permission for the Superintendent to address the Board of Education at the next Board meeting about Jaysen.

Huh? Why would she be talking about my son at a Board meeting?

It turns out that the parents have attended the last two Board meetings, and brought their concern about my son wrecking their kids' education, to the attention of the Board. Nice. My son hasn't even been in the class for almost four months. If your kids aren't getting the education you feel they should be getting...it's not because of my kid.

So I talked with Spec.Services for a bit, and agreed on what the Superintendent would say. She wants to tell the parents, "he's 6 years old and has Autism- get over it.", but we came up with something much more appropriate. I mentioned that if parents were going to be there, I would want to be there too. She didn't think it would be a good idea (she's afraid they'll gang up on me), and advised me to stay home and watch it on TV.

TV??? This circus is on television?

Yep. They televise the Board of Ed meetings on our local access channel. My cousin called and told me that she had seen the last couple, and she had this sinking feeling when the parents had the floor. She prayed that it wasn't Jaysen they were talking about like that, but it was. *ugh*

In short, no parents ended up attending that particular meeting, so there was no excessive drama. But the room mom e-mailed me and said the parents would like to meet with me this Saturday. I accepted, and asked her to pick the time and location. The room mom seems to be receptive to hearing this "other side of the story", I just hope the other parents will be as well.

In the meantime, I am studying up like a demon for this IEP.