u/IScreamPiano

My son is turning 4 and was tested for speech through school year, qualifying based on artic. He has reportedly made progress on p/b but still has a frontal lisp (which I understand is within normal limits).

He also has hyponasality which can impact his intelligibility a bit…I know outside referrals for school-based therapists are iffy, but I never got the “talk to your ped to see if further follow-up is needed” spiel over it. With his pediatrician appointment coming up, I was thinking of asking for an ENT referral to rule out enlarged adenoids or tonsils.

The question is, the SLP is arguing this has no adverse educational impact and is dropping him to 15 minutes of group a month. However, I do think it impacts his social participation with peers. I worry by agreeing it has no educational impact, it'll be hard to increase his minutes in the future should he need it.

Am I being unreasonable if I push back on educational impact language?

The school board elections are a week out, and I'm so unsure what to do. So far, here’s the little I know.

-Appo has two seats up.

-The incumbent, Forsten, has been criticized for money handling issues. I'm not sure how much of that is his fault, so please share what you know about that. It's pretty damning if the union didn't endorse him though.

-Appo’s teacher union endorsed Britney Mumford, who I thought was pretty pro-charter? So that’s surprising. She was the only endorsement.

-Elena Brenner, who sounds good on paper, shared some bigoted stuff against Congresswoman McBride’s gender identity. (Not getting into how one views McBride, but someone who bullies someone for using their chosen name like that doesn't belong on a school board).

-I don't know anything about the other candidates.

Please help any of us who are tuning in late. 🙏