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[quote=Anonymous]My middle schooler appears to be about to be counseled out of (or maybe outright kicked out of) his mainstream private. There aren't any SN privates  in our area, so next steps are unclear. A huge public is unlikely to help in any way with his social and behavioral challenges.

He's happy there and honestly has been trying. I feel bad for him, and I feel bad for us. The school hasn't made us feel like a team at all. We had a great elementary team for our kid prior to middle and were all cooperative when he had challenges. He has broken some rules, and we feel frustrated with his behavior, but from the start, the school seemed only interested in punishing. The administrators act annoyed when they have to call us and are defensive about everything. We've worked so hard to phrase messages in a way that was collaborative and to point to ideas or people to talk with. They just respond with defensiveness and haven't followed up with any of the things.

I guess the school isn't a good fit, but now it's midyear, and I don't know if we could get in anywhere else with his challenges there so far this year or if we could get our money back. I'm so angry with them and feel so unsupported that I want to just go somewhere else, but that would be devastating for him. He is thriving there academically and doing sports, but the social is really the problem.

What do we do now? If I felt we could find a way to partner with the school, I'd love to work collaboratively, but I don't feel we're likely to get there. They've shone again and again that they don't seem able to do that. He was kept out of school today without an official suspension while they looked into something and then didn't communicate to us until 6pm that he could go back tomorrow - but we have to meet with the school's director... So, it seems like they are trying to get rid of us. But "the director has a busy schedule, so we don't know when you can meet, so he should just come back to school tomorrow."

We were busy and unable to talk in depth when they called, and we talked about talking tomorrow. After they offering to talk tomorrow, they were annoyed when I asked if we could pick a time to talk so we were sure to be available.

I'm just at my wits end with it. I'm frustrated with my kid's behavior and frustrated that the school doesn't seem to have any ability or interest in working collaboratively with us.[/quote]

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