Question...we did not persue this any further.  We sent a letter to the school requesting they clarify their reasons for denying the physician recommended accommodation and that these reasons be put in Michael's file.  The letter they sent back stated, "As we said in the last letter, we disagree that M needs a van to be safe.  We feel that a bus with a wiped down rail and front seat are enough to keep him safe".  Our physician sent a letter saying she DID NOT feel this was enough.

Is that adequate on their part?  They can just say "We disagree" with no real reason, other than, essentially, this has always worked...

 

I know that frustration very well.  You know that legally you're in the right, that MORALLY it's also right, and that your child's rights are being trampled...  but...

sometimes even when you win, you still lose.  :sighhhhh:

  It's incredibly galling, and guilt-inducing.  Please don't beat yourself up.  You have a solution that preserves some measure of goodwill, and you'll live to fight another day.  Sadly, there will be other days to fight.  Let go of the ones that get away, okay?? 

 

Sorry that has happened.  DD was thankfully assigned AM kindergarten (at our school children attending day care usually are) and attended a center-based day care.  The day care picked children up in a van or short bus.  We only had to transport her in the morning, which was our choice.

DD never rode the bus in elementary school and I'm glad she didn't for many reasons.  She will be riding the bus this year as she starts middle school.  After speaking with someone in transportation, I'm glad that I made the decision for her not to ride the bus when she was in younger.  When I spoke with the department in July, I was told that they did not know what the bus routes would be yet (to check the web site in August; checked today, which is 2 weeks before school starts and still nothing is posted), they won't know who the bus drivers are until about 2 weeks before school starts, and that the bus drivers will not have information about which students on their busses have LTFA or asthma until 2 weeks into the school year.  I was told the school nurse at the child's school will print out a list and provide it to the bus driver.  It was suggested to me that I go to the bus stop on the first day of school and introduce myself and DD to the bus driver; that is so not cool for a 6th grader and I'm sure will open her up to some teasing.  I was also told that while there is a no food policy on the bus and they do their best to enforce it, they cannot guarantee that there will be no food on the bus.  I'm glad that I didn't put DD into those conditions when she was younger.  She's always been good about speaking up about her allergies even when she was young but she's certainly more capable now at 11.

Good luck with your school year.  I know it's stressful and not an ideal situation, but it will go by quickly.

Have been away and just seeing this now.

Did you have meeting?  Where do things stand now?

Sorry to see so little response in this thread -- summer is "off" time for so many of us so far as dealing with schools . . .

Macabre,

your Sped Dir needs to "school up" a whole HUGE NUMBER of Speds in this state.

Just sayin'.

Sorry for the digression.

Carry on.

Indivdual accommodations are SUPPOSED to be just that:  INDIVIDUAL.

Comparing/contrasting your child's documented need with those of the other children (and what is/is not on thier 504s or IHPs) is direct violation of your child's rights under Section 504.

You know that, right?

Your Sped Dir is way out of line.

Well, that is a legitimate hardball tactic. Present two choices the other party doesn't like but make their lesser of two evils the best outcome for you. You could even offer him the phone numbers of other school districts that provide bus aides since he likes that logical fallacy so much.