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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. We have students like this at my school every few years. Usually the parent is/was an addict and the child is living in chaos. Sometimes it is a very permissive parent who lets their kids do whatever they want. I’ve had years where it took months to get a kid tested for an IEP. I can’t just request a meeting and have it happen. I have to document months of behaviors before anything happens. Now, if the parent requests the meeting, it will occur within 30 days.

As for someone who mentioned that an aid should’ve stayed with this child on a day the parent didn’t come to school, you obviously don’t understand the staffing shortages in public schools. On any given day, we have between 5-18 staff members out of the building (sick, personal day, jury duty, etc). Every day our admin scrambles to find people to cover for classroom teachers. There is nobody to cover for a parent as a one-on-one. [/quote]

Then, one of the administrators should have stayed with him -- either in the classroom or in the front office.[/quote]

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