16 year old developed tic. School offered medical leave.
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Anonymous
Not the OP, but it doesn't matter what the cause is. The OP is concerned about her kid's education being disrupted for no good reason. The school should accommodate the disability. |
Anonymous
Playing devil’s advocate here, but why? They are not required to. If it’s disruptive, it affects the teacher’s ability to teach and the other students’ ability to learn. The school knows that at least some parents would start complaining if their kid comes home talking about the disruption or if it affects the progress of the class. The school is not legally obligated to let the girl stay in class, and private schools are typically not equipped to pull select students out for separate teaching or classrooms. |
Anonymous
No, they don’t have to. The student is 16 so presumably has been at this school for a minimum 2 years. There are 4-6 weeks left in the school year. They want her to leave. That’s cold. They could certainly accommodate her for this short period. The family will be spending their summer figuring out what is causing the tic. It’s very possible it will be resolved by late August. Why force this issue now on a family that is supposedly part of your warm, inclusive school community? Just remember, YOUR child could be in this position. How would you like their school to treat them? |
Anonymous
My kid had disruptive behavior and I did not expect him to be accomodated without limits if he was disturbing other kids’ learning. By offering medical leave the school IS offering an accommodation. OP needs to explore it more, but medical leave could entail that she is allowed to finish her classes at home and not fail, or retake classes later. OP cannot expect that a child constantly disrupting others is allowed to stay in the classroom. |
Anonymous
Was your child acting out? |
Anonymous
Did the school ask your child to leave? |
Anonymous
This was public school and yes we were on the path to an alternative placement until the disruption stopped. And he would be immediately removed from the classroom if it started in the interim. he lost a lot of class time. |
Anonymous
This. And it being the last few weeks of the year (for us there are only 1.5 weeks left, then exam week) makes it all the more critical to the other students that their class time up to finals is not constantly disrupted. PP asks what I’d want for my kid - if the school was offering medical leave, allowing DC to complete classes at home or at a later date, I’d take it. That seems like a fair solution; avoids disruption to everyone else but doesn’t penalize the student’s academic record. |
Anonymous
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Poor kid. To find out the adults at her school don’t want her there because she’s ill.
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Anonymous
It's gut punching as a parent who has gone through this myself and was willing to move heaven and earth to cure the tics. We even cash paid for anti-tic habit training every week with a therapist, I forget the term for it. |
Anonymous
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OP I am so sorry to hear your child is struggling and some of the insensitive responses tell you what you are up against at your private.
I agree - take the medical leave and make sure it allows your child to preserve her GPA. With some emergency medical leaves, the school will "freeze" her grades where they are, since there is so little time left you could ask for this- particularly if she is doing well and doesn't need finals to bring her grades up. Also agree scan for PANDAS/LYME/Tourette's/and complications from meds. Spend the summer figuring this out while simultaneously finding a better school option for next year in case your private won't allow her back. Meet with your local public and try for a plan with and IEP and 504. Sorry this is happening. She may eventually be a stronger person on the other side of this but I know it must suck. Please keep us updated. |
Anonymous
| OP is gone y’all. She hasn’t responded to anyone. Let this thread die already. |