DC - How much time for meeting request?

[Anonymous]

I don’t know the laws in DC, but email again and ask for a time for a phone call or virtual conference because you have some questions. You might get a better response.

It doesn’t sound like there was a reason to reconvene an entire IEP team since it didn’t sound like you needed to make adjustments to goals or services. You start that that after the call of the current IEP doesn’t seem to be appropriate. Otherwise, you really want a parent conference, not an IEP meeting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well it’s the start of the third week of school (day 10) and you requested a meeting 20 days ago (which is obviously before school started) so some of this is on you. It’s so hectic the first two weeks, they have been busy.

stop blaming the victim.

The victim of what? Asking for a meeting before school staff even report?

DP. Just stop. If schools had any sense at all they’d routinely schedule meetings before school starts to help with the transition. Despite my best efforts, my DS’s first 2 weeks of MS were a complete sh*tshow and none of the teachers knew anything about the (very extensive) IEP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't need testing. Just a meeting. I have the right to request this whenever I feel one is needed. Thanks for all of the input, I don't think I need more. Sheesh.

Yeah, you do but it sucks for my kid who is also in special Ed when the special Ed teacher and speech therapist have to get tied up in meetings so my kid doesn’t get his services because you want one to one time to discuss your kid just because you have a right to call a meeting. Seriously it is so frustrating to be at a school with a special Ed teacher and speech therapist who has meeting after meeting with a select group of parents just because they have a right every month to call a meeting.

If the whole sped staff is new to the school every single sped kid is in the same boat as yours. Keep calling needless meetings and yet another sped teacher and/or speech teacher is going to quit.

DP. Just stop. Nobody calls IEP meetings for fun. You’ll be on here crying about how my child is disruptive… guess what, that is what the meetings are for.

It is *the school’s fault* if they don’t staff properly to allow for meetings and services/teaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one wants to upset you OP. You want to communicate with the special Ed teacher. You don’t need a meeting where the whole IEP team needs to meet. Just call and leave a message for sped teacher you want a few minutes of her time and to please call you. Then do the same with gen Ed teacher. Or just email them.

DP again. Nope, this hasn’t worked for us to resolve issues. You need the whole team there. You also need the record of the actual IEP meeting for any legal issues down the line.

You may not need this level of involvement- in which case, count yourself lucky and leave other people alone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well it’s the start of the third week of school (day 10) and you requested a meeting 20 days ago (which is obviously before school started) so some of this is on you. It’s so hectic the first two weeks, they have been busy.

stop blaming the victim.

The victim of what? Asking for a meeting before school staff even report?

DP. Just stop. If schools had any sense at all they’d routinely schedule meetings before school starts to help with the transition. Despite my best efforts, my DS’s first 2 weeks of MS were a complete sh*tshow and none of the teachers knew anything about the (very extensive) IEP.

Do you realize how many meetings teachers have before school starts? I understand you don’t care but it’s why there are no meetings before school starts. I’m a sped teacher AND parent and I barely have time to look through the IEPs before school starts because I am in constant meetings organized by school admin. It sucks but acting like this is a teacher issue is ridiculous. It’s probably why OPs ENTIRE sped team for the SCHOOL left.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well it’s the start of the third week of school (day 10) and you requested a meeting 20 days ago (which is obviously before school started) so some of this is on you. It’s so hectic the first two weeks, they have been busy.

stop blaming the victim.

The victim of what? Asking for a meeting before school staff even report?

DP. Just stop. If schools had any sense at all they’d routinely schedule meetings before school starts to help with the transition. Despite my best efforts, my DS’s first 2 weeks of MS were a complete sh*tshow and none of the teachers knew anything about the (very extensive) IEP.

Do you realize how many meetings teachers have before school starts? I understand you don’t care but it’s why there are no meetings before school starts. I’m a sped teacher AND parent and I barely have time to look through the IEPs before school starts because I am in constant meetings organized by school admin. It sucks but acting like this is a teacher issue is ridiculous. It’s probably why OPs ENTIRE sped team for the SCHOOL left.

Then blame your school for not staffing properly. And certainly, do not call ME on the second day of school complaining about something my DS did, then act completely shocked and ingnorant when I ask if you followed the BIP …

[Anonymous]

I might resend an email - and use some soft complaint aware language. Something like
.... As I reflected on last year, there were a lot of gaps - and I want to make sure that _________ is on track to meet goals. The last quarterly progress report had 3 goals that were not introduced / no progress made and I would like to discuss if services need to be adjusted to support accomplishing the goals that the IEP team developed at the last annual meeting.

Can we meet as a team next week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi I'm hoping someone has an answer here bc I'm not finding this information easily in any paperwork. I'm sure its out there but again...I'm tired! Anyway I requested a meeting with my schools IEP team about 20 days ago. The school has responded saying they will send me times but have not after several requests and I would like to include the required timeframe in my next communication with them. Anyone happen to know off hand how long they have? This is just a sit down, not a hearing.

Thank you!

There are no guidelines for how long they have for responding to this - there is the general "timely" in a lot of the documentation. Your reference is procedural safeguards.

If you are not getting what you need - ask to observe your child's program. They can't say no.

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Anonymous wrote:Well it’s the start of the third week of school (day 10) and you requested a meeting 20 days ago (which is obviously before school started) so some of this is on you. It’s so hectic the first two weeks, they have been busy.

stop blaming the victim.

The victim of what? Asking for a meeting before school staff even report?

DP. Just stop. If schools had any sense at all they’d routinely schedule meetings before school starts to help with the transition. Despite my best efforts, my DS’s first 2 weeks of MS were a complete sh*tshow and none of the teachers knew anything about the (very extensive) IEP.

Do you realize how many meetings teachers have before school starts? I understand you don’t care but it’s why there are no meetings before school starts. I’m a sped teacher AND parent and I barely have time to look through the IEPs before school starts because I am in constant meetings organized by school admin. It sucks but acting like this is a teacher issue is ridiculous. It’s probably why OPs ENTIRE sped team for the SCHOOL left.

Then blame your school for not staffing properly. And certainly, do not call ME on the second day of school complaining about something my DS did, then act completely shocked and ingnorant when I ask if you followed the BIP …

You may be better off in private school. You seem to have no understanding that school staff are human and are completely stretched to the limit. You can yell and scream about your rights and I hear you but I think you will get further with kindness, compassion and a collaborative approach. The first month of school is extremely hectic for everyone. There are reports in the newspaper practically every day about a shortage of special Ed staff and even general Ed teachers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well it’s the start of the third week of school (day 10) and you requested a meeting 20 days ago (which is obviously before school started) so some of this is on you. It’s so hectic the first two weeks, they have been busy.

stop blaming the victim.

The victim of what? Asking for a meeting before school staff even report?

DP. Just stop. If schools had any sense at all they’d routinely schedule meetings before school starts to help with the transition. Despite my best efforts, my DS’s first 2 weeks of MS were a complete sh*tshow and none of the teachers knew anything about the (very extensive) IEP.

Do you realize how many meetings teachers have before school starts? I understand you don’t care but it’s why there are no meetings before school starts. I’m a sped teacher AND parent and I barely have time to look through the IEPs before school starts because I am in constant meetings organized by school admin. It sucks but acting like this is a teacher issue is ridiculous. It’s probably why OPs ENTIRE sped team for the SCHOOL left.

Then blame your school for not staffing properly. And certainly, do not call ME on the second day of school complaining about something my DS did, then act completely shocked and ingnorant when I ask if you followed the BIP …

You may be better off in private school. You seem to have no understanding that school staff are human and are completely stretched to the limit. You can yell and scream about your rights and I hear you but I think you will get further with kindness, compassion and a collaborative approach. The first month of school is extremely hectic for everyone. There are reports in the newspaper practically every day about a shortage of special Ed staff and even general Ed teachers.

No private school would accept my child, hon. Like I said - if you refuse to meet, don’t expect me to be happy when you call me to complain about well-documented behaviors. And expect to be held accountable if you continue to fail ti implement the IEP.

And miss me with starting out making clear you think my child should be kicked out, then claim that I am the one who needs to be “kind”!

[Anonymous]

Not sure what the actual guidelines are, but what they are doing is rude. Call the principal or sped coordinator. You are well within your rights to have an IEP meeting at anytime. 20 days is ridiculous. At the school I worked as SPED staff we would honor meeting requests within the week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well it’s the start of the third week of school (day 10) and you requested a meeting 20 days ago (which is obviously before school started) so some of this is on you. It’s so hectic the first two weeks, they have been busy.

stop blaming the victim.

The victim of what? Asking for a meeting before school staff even report?

DP. Just stop. If schools had any sense at all they’d routinely schedule meetings before school starts to help with the transition. Despite my best efforts, my DS’s first 2 weeks of MS were a complete sh*tshow and none of the teachers knew anything about the (very extensive) IEP.

You can have a pre start of school meeting written into the IEP. We had that up until HS. The window is small - teachers only start a week before kids and there are like three possible days for it to happen and notice is last minute so you have to keep your calendar really wide open. And it likely won’t be the whole team. But a transition meeting where you can be sure the new teacher is ready for your child is absolutely something that can be and is done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well it’s the start of the third week of school (day 10) and you requested a meeting 20 days ago (which is obviously before school started) so some of this is on you. It’s so hectic the first two weeks, they have been busy.

stop blaming the victim.

The victim of what? Asking for a meeting before school staff even report?

DP. Just stop. If schools had any sense at all they’d routinely schedule meetings before school starts to help with the transition. Despite my best efforts, my DS’s first 2 weeks of MS were a complete sh*tshow and none of the teachers knew anything about the (very extensive) IEP.

You can have a pre start of school meeting written into the IEP. We had that up until HS. The window is small - teachers only start a week before kids and there are like three possible days for it to happen and notice is last minute so you have to keep your calendar really wide open. And it likely won’t be the whole team. But a transition meeting where you can be sure the new teacher is ready for your child is absolutely something that can be and is done.

I will try that for next year.

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Anonymous wrote:Well it’s the start of the third week of school (day 10) and you requested a meeting 20 days ago (which is obviously before school started) so some of this is on you. It’s so hectic the first two weeks, they have been busy.

stop blaming the victim.

The victim of what? Asking for a meeting before school staff even report?

DP. Just stop. If schools had any sense at all they’d routinely schedule meetings before school starts to help with the transition. Despite my best efforts, my DS’s first 2 weeks of MS were a complete sh*tshow and none of the teachers knew anything about the (very extensive) IEP.

You can have a pre start of school meeting written into the IEP. We had that up until HS. The window is small - teachers only start a week before kids and there are like three possible days for it to happen and notice is last minute so you have to keep your calendar really wide open. And it likely won’t be the whole team. But a transition meeting where you can be sure the new teacher is ready for your child is absolutely something that can be and is done.

Try but have low expectations. I was asked to attend one this year and told the person scheduling that I was already booked in mandatory meetings by our administrators. I told her she had to work it out with them for me to skip one of their PD sessions, which took almost every min of the pre service week. That didn’t happen so I never went to the meeting. I understand parents want these meetings but teachers can’t be in two places at once and our administrators weren’t willing to budge. I hadn’t read a single IEP or 504 yet, since I didn’t receive them until the first day of school.