Parent Statement #12
January 29, 2015
We respectfully request that the Colchester Board of Education not approve the request of the Director of Pupil Services and Special Education to re-hire her after her retirement. We feel very strongly against her re-hire based on the following:
· Changing IEP outside of PPT without parental knowledge or consent
Misrepresenting PPT discussion in IEP documents
Losing paperwork
Ignoring recommendations from professional evaluations and reports
Ignoring and disagreeing with medical diagnosis
Unprofessional behavior and tone toward parents at meetings
Intimidation and belittling of parents at a PPT
Predetermining services unilaterally and prior to PPT meetings
Making unilateral decisions at PPT, ignoring parent, teacher and professional input
Retribution directed toward parents and teachers who disagree with district recommendations
Misrepresenting a program
Emotional and financial burden that has been placed on our family due to having to hire a family consultant, advocate, and attorney
Financial burden placed on the town when parents must hire an attorney
Our special needs child has one chance at an education that will meet their individual needs' As board members we ask that you put yourselves in our shoes when it comes to advocating for our child and the difficult, demanding, tiring, time consuming process that we must endure under the current Director of pupil Services. We fear that coming to the
board with the above issues, retribution will be directed at our child in the form
of services taken away that are beneficial or services added that have no meaningful
benefit for our child. We are asking for an appropriate education for our child
that we do not feel the current Director of Pupil Services can deliver.
board with the above issues, retribution will be directed at our child in the form
of services taken away that are beneficial or services added that have no meaningful
benefit for our child. We are asking for an appropriate education for our child
that we do not feel the current Director of Pupil Services can deliver.