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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old is the child? Does she have an IEP? Just what is so wrong about the new class?  Is the new class still part of the program your child qualifies for?

If she's in preschool, she doesn't have to be in any school. You also have her in private. County services are not boutique. They give what they are obligated to provide, and they have to balance the needs of all eligible kids. Ratios are important, and if they're over, someone's kid has to move, as long as it's to a program that meets the needs of the legally obligated services. Absent specifics about why the new class is bad, you sound a little off. [/quote]

Better take that back and give OP a belly rub before your post gets deleted for being "mean" on the SN board.[/quote]

Well I have a special needs kid and was basically given the finger prior to kindergarten. He wasn't special needs "enough". Once he entered kindergarten and they had to deal with him, the on the schools were like "did you know your kid needs help?" No kidding, that's why I brought him to Child Find. OP is getting taxpayer provided services and doesn't like her kid's new teacher, even though she has the resources to pay for private, which she is doing. I'm having a hard time feeling the outrage. [/quote]

It's not that I don't like the teacher. She is just very new to this and prior to teaching this class taught older elementary kids. The aide is not ECSE certified but has a teaching license. I did not really love the main teacher's demeanor with the kids and this was after spending an hour at open house, not minutes. She was brusque with parents at bts and not very warm with the children at open house. There are several kids with very severe disabilities in this class and watching her try to interact with them did not give me faith that she will be able to successfully juggle everyone's needs in the class. I simply do not think she has the experience to adequately service everyone in this class given how severe some of the kids' disabilities are (including physical). Perhaps that's an assumption but she did exude confidence about the situation. She could not assuage parents' concerns (and I don't mean mine- I mean other parents who voiced theirs to her). She and her aide seemed completely disconnected and disengaged and not a "team." I think my child would founder in this class and I'm not willing to risk missing the September 15th cutoff for transfer requests to give it a chance. [/quote]

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