The School System/My Problems
Hi, well first a little background:
1. I have a son that is 18 and has 1 semester of highschool to complete
2. He is the first one in all our family that has ever wanted to go to college
3. Last year he was on the Track Team and placed 2nd at every meet, was the football kicker last fall and kicked the most yards for the whole district, and was planning on being in tract this year, also was in theator arts last year and this.
4. The only trouble he has ever been in is for class tardiness.. This school gives the students only 5 minutes to get from one class to another and you must get your books, potty, and traverse a campus that is approx 2 acres all in 5 minutes..
So here is the problem:
Friday he was going from one building to the admin building and found a plastic bag with little pills in it. He picked it up and a friend came by and started talking to him. And the school nurse came up and asked him for the bag which he turned over immediatley and with no back talk. At that point he figured he had done his duty in turning it over to a staff member. And contuinued to his class. (He has done this on previous occations last year and also telling the staff of drug problems in the school) .
The office called him in and asked him what happened and He explained that he found them and was headed to turn them in. They said that he was in possistion of a controled substance. They even took them to the drugist and he told them were Clordine which is simular to Ridlin for kids or high blood pressure meds for adults.
They sent him home for the day and put him in AEP starting the following Monday. (alternate school 2 miles away) not for the 15 days that they usually give students but for the whole rest of the semister (5 months)
He is not allowed to set foot on the school campus for any reason and will get his diploma but not be able to be at graduation with his class.
I talked to the prinsipal, and then the superintendant and both deceided to stick to the RULE BOOK and make him stay till school is over.
I was able to get the Counsler to put all of his courses on NOVA NET so that he would not have to deal with the teachers down at the Highschool sending him up work.
The first day (Monday) I was promised by the principal, on Friday, that there would be his assignments from the teachers there f or him...
This did not happen and he spent all day with nothing to do.
After ringing early the second day They did send up work but instead of just the days leasons like it should have been some of them sent the WHOLE week up plus "Busy Work" (nice to do but not required).
Here is the website of the school. Highchool
the Principal: D'Wana Bryant
the Superintendent: Lynn Redden
If you feel this is unfair and want to say so I would not mind ya all e-mailing these people. I have done everything I know to do but I have hit a wall.
read on (updates)
I am about ready for the Funny Farm
Son Finally in Jr. College
Reading test passed-GED taken and Passed
click comments to see my updates if any
1. I have a son that is 18 and has 1 semester of highschool to complete
2. He is the first one in all our family that has ever wanted to go to college
3. Last year he was on the Track Team and placed 2nd at every meet, was the football kicker last fall and kicked the most yards for the whole district, and was planning on being in tract this year, also was in theator arts last year and this.
4. The only trouble he has ever been in is for class tardiness.. This school gives the students only 5 minutes to get from one class to another and you must get your books, potty, and traverse a campus that is approx 2 acres all in 5 minutes..
So here is the problem:
Friday he was going from one building to the admin building and found a plastic bag with little pills in it. He picked it up and a friend came by and started talking to him. And the school nurse came up and asked him for the bag which he turned over immediatley and with no back talk. At that point he figured he had done his duty in turning it over to a staff member. And contuinued to his class. (He has done this on previous occations last year and also telling the staff of drug problems in the school) .
The office called him in and asked him what happened and He explained that he found them and was headed to turn them in. They said that he was in possistion of a controled substance. They even took them to the drugist and he told them were Clordine which is simular to Ridlin for kids or high blood pressure meds for adults.
They sent him home for the day and put him in AEP starting the following Monday. (alternate school 2 miles away) not for the 15 days that they usually give students but for the whole rest of the semister (5 months)
He is not allowed to set foot on the school campus for any reason and will get his diploma but not be able to be at graduation with his class.
I talked to the prinsipal, and then the superintendant and both deceided to stick to the RULE BOOK and make him stay till school is over.
I was able to get the Counsler to put all of his courses on NOVA NET so that he would not have to deal with the teachers down at the Highschool sending him up work.
The first day (Monday) I was promised by the principal, on Friday, that there would be his assignments from the teachers there f or him...
This did not happen and he spent all day with nothing to do.
After ringing early the second day They did send up work but instead of just the days leasons like it should have been some of them sent the WHOLE week up plus "Busy Work" (nice to do but not required).
Here is the website of the school. Highchool
the Principal: D'Wana Bryant
the Superintendent: Lynn Redden
If you feel this is unfair and want to say so I would not mind ya all e-mailing these people. I have done everything I know to do but I have hit a wall.
read on (updates)
I am about ready for the Funny Farm
Son Finally in Jr. College
Reading test passed-GED taken and Passed
click comments to see my updates if any
posted by Webfairy | 1/13/2005 07:20:00 PM
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4 comments
4 Comments:
I'd seek legal advice. Without a doubt. Your son graduating with his classmates/friends, is a big deal and not being able to do that would be harsh.
This is KD. and firefox makes me post Annon...lol
anyway I think that by the time I fought this legally he would be in dead in the grave...LOL you know how long it takes to fight something in court...we don't have alot of time to get him back in.
Got a few things my brother told me that might help just have to make a few p hone calls.
Will post update when I have one. At this point the student is doing as directed....ugggg.
Well, I have spent all day on the phone and internet...and found out quite a few things.
Called the community college in our area and sent my son down to take the entrance test. He got there too late so will take it tomorrow morning and then get with the councler on classes and scheduel.
We were going to do the Duel Credit thing, where you take college cources and they are credited to the Highschool. But that would not help our situation because my son would still have to sit in AEP all year. So the college would have to be done at night.
Because he is 18 he is not required to be in school (public or home). He can test for his GED and still be in community college.
The College he wants to go to is Sam Houston and they will except him as a transfer after he does 12 hrs of classes at community college.
So every body pray tomorrow morning that he does well on the Test.
This might work out to our advantage...He could go to Community College for 4 semesters(2 years) and get the basics out of the way (doing the same courses that he would be doing at Sam houston.) And then transfer over for the last 2 years to get his degree.
If he gets his GED he automatically becomes eleageble for Federal Aid for all college. This would also save us over 4000.00 in campus living as Sam Houston requires the freshmen to live and eat on campus the first year.
This is almost looking like a win win situation....
Need to pray about this and thank God for the direction he has us going...There is a reason for everything and it all fits into the "Big Picture"
Thanks for all your support.
Will let ya know what happens tomorrow.
Good night.
Well, time to post a bit of an update...
My son passed every test but one reading one. So we are having to look at a different road. There are two GED testing centers that are giving the GED this coming week...If we can get him in there and tested then he can register at the JR. College but will have to take a remedial reading course along with the other courses.
But if we do not do the GED he could retake that one test in 30 days and maybe get in in March....that is just not a good one...but might be our only choice. Don't want him out of school too long...
Drat that Monday is a bloody holiday....takes away a day that we would have to register for the GED.....but I have e-mails out to the instructers (testers) so maybe I can get something done tomorrow (opps it is after midnight here so I guess that is TODAY :) ) even though it is a holiday.
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