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[quote=Anonymous]I have a few strategic ideas.

If your daughter sees a therapist, perhaps that therapist can persuade the principal.  The LD person on staff at the school might be an advocate for you as well.  If not, is there a headmaster who can overrule the principal?  Finally, the school will have a board of directors.  Go them, explain the situation concisely, and ask for their help.

One last hope might be to ask the principal to defer the tribunal while you document your daughter's disabilities and establish the appropriate accommodations.

If you strike out on all of the above, I agree with your refusal to allow her to appear at the peer tribunal.

The logistics of refusing to attend will be challenging.  The tribunal would probably occur during school hours and it would be difficult for your daughter to physically refuse to attend if she were summoned.  So you would have to tell the principal in advance, and in writing, that you explictly do not consent to this.  You may have to withdraw her from school to avoid it.  Only you know if that would be worth it.  I know some situations in which it would be, and some in which it would not be.  It depends on your kid.  If her emotions really can't sustain it, then move her now.

It sounds like you are not in DC.  It may be worthwhile to find an educational attorney to advise you.  If nothing else, you may want help in negotiating return of the balance of the year's tuition if you withdraw your daughter.

I feel for you, and your daughter.  You both acknowledge the mistake and aren't trying to get out of appropriate consequences, but this peer review thing is inappropriate.[/quote]

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