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We pulled our 14 year old out of school today.
There were many reasons for this. He was failing all of his core subjects and very likely going to have to repeat 8th grade(this is not new, he has struggled with school since kindergarten). That is not an option. The 504 Plan/Chapter 15 that we had put in place for him a year ago, was not being used. His work only started being modified this past week. They believe that his academic problems stemmed from a lack of effort. I knew they were going to say that.
There were many reasons for this. He was failing all of his core subjects and very likely going to have to repeat 8th grade(this is not new, he has struggled with school since kindergarten). That is not an option. The 504 Plan/Chapter 15 that we had put in place for him a year ago, was not being used. His work only started being modified this past week. They believe that his academic problems stemmed from a lack of effort. I knew they were going to say that.
He has a lot of anxiety about school because any time someone did something, he was being questioned about it. Yes he has done some stupid things and he owned those things and faced the consequences. Now he’s being called a liar because he denied involvement in an incident at school last week. He’s not wrong because what he is trying to be blamed for didn’t happen regardless of what other students are trying to say. He would much rather talk to us before talking to the school. Kind of like, “I’d like to speak to my lawyer.”. So he told them nothing, talked to us and we talked to them on his behalf.
They want so badly to prove his involvement that they’re failing to consider that other students are lying or they are misunderstanding exactly what happened. Showing a disrespectful meme in a private chat to a friend after school hours is not against any laws or policies, while it may be against better judgement or social etiquette. We informed them he was well within his rights and he knows that. What others do after that point is on them.
Do you have any idea how many times we’ve tried to talk to them about his academics and have gotten nowhere? Just about every single time! Including three phone calls this month that were never returned.
I don’t intend to send him back there.
I’ll quickly pull my other two kids out if issues arise.
I need to do some deep breathing after the morning we’ve had.
After the condescending remarks about homeschooling and insinuations that we are not capable people.
I don’t always WANT to homeschool, not having time to myself, spending lots of money on resources and books, dealing with judgement and rudeness from others; breakfast, second breakfast, brunch, elevensies, lunch, snack….. and so on.
But I’m a parent and I’ll do anything for my kids.
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