Spent the last hour playing hide-and-seek with this beautiful little guy.
He took the cracked door as an open invitation to become my new roommate.
I finally caught him without hurting him and relocated him back into the bushes outside.
He’s absolutely beautiful! We have a ton of green lizards but I’ve never seen one like this before.
I have an eighth grade child with a specific learning disability in math according to private testing we had done with a PhD Educational Psychologist.
The school begrudgingly agreed to test for IEP eligibility after a parent evaluation and being provided with a copy of the private psychological evaluation.
The child has made As in math all year due to a combination of working 4-6 hours every evening with a paid tutor to reteach her math lessons, help her through her math homework and to study for math tests. Grade inflation (participation grades and homework completed with a tutor) has also heavily contributed to her high grade average.
She hasn’t gotten much sleep this school year, often doing homework or studying from the moment she walks in the door until 10-11pm.
She has had 20 doctor excused absences this year, 0 unexcused absences, and 0 tardies. The absences were all due to acute communicable illnesses.
I have documentation that she reached out to her math teacher to ask for makeup work during the school day for everyday she was absent. All her school work was turned in on time.
I suspect a lack of sleep contributed to a weak immune system and it’s unlikely that that will improve without supports in place at school next year.
Because she is making As, the school did not want to test her. I have not received any of their testing results yet, except for two math evaluations, both placing her at a 6th grade level for math.
How do I keep the absences from disqualifying her for an IEP?