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The school DOES do things the way you say.  90% of meetings are scheduled perfectly during planning periods, months in advance, with parents and other specialists in attendance.  The trouble with classroom coverage comes when the parent cancels at the last minute, is late, reschedules the day before, etc--then the school has to scramble to get us all in the room at the same time.

I have stayed at school until 6 pm multiple times to hold these meetings, arranging alternate child care for my own children so that I could be present at an important IEP that we could not schedule during the school day.  For a parent willing to work with the school, who physically could not get to school between 7-3 pm, we will move mountains to make something work.

For a parent who just responds with, "Can't do 10:00 tomorrow, important meeting came up, I'll be there at noon", then yes, I'm going to be ticked off that I had to leave my entire class (filled with other children who have IEPs just as valid as your child's).[/quote]

Life happens.  People die unexpectedly.  People get sick unexpectedly.  People have last minute work meetings they have to attend or risk losing their job.  If your school hasn't figured out a systematic way to cope with this, it's their own fault.  Are you really telling me in the whole school, [b]there's not one person to cover a class in an emergency?  [/b]What happens if a teacher gets ill during the day?

And, I'm not exactly sympathetic to your anger about having to stay until 6pm for meetings and having to find alternate child care.  For many of us that is a frequent reality of life.

Again, your anger speaks volumes about how you feel about special ed parents and children -- we are demanding more than is "fair", in your opinion.  [/quote]

It's not one person, of course - it's everyone who has to attend the meeting.  [b]Allowing you the opportunity to participate [/b]=/= permitting you to reschedule, to whatever time you choose, at the last minute (obviously).  [/quote]

Wow. Interesting phrase. Allowing the parents the opportunity to participate? Do the parents "allow" the school staff to participate? The parents are equal members of the IEP team, no one is graciously "allowing" anyone else to participate. [/quote]

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