SCHOOL - NOT EASY/FUN

So, had my very first 504 meeting today & boy did it not go well. First off the counselor was not very professional. He did not make a statement of confidentiality prior to beginning the meeting nor did he have us all sign in. So, as we go through the roundtable & hear what's going on w/ E in classes it's clear that she's really struggling with Math. They then are saying that she's not got her basic skills in Math. Then he starts in on the fact that her 504 is questionable b/c he can't tell what her main disability is and there's no "paper trail" for him to follow. I told him it should all be in her file that came over from the old school & that the fact that the 504 paperwork changes from district to district so that the listing of her disability was removed from the paperwork once she got to SAU #9.

I'm so frustrated I could scream.

Of course, E doens't want to hear what her options are for Math. Going for extra help which she's all for, but she doesn't wasnt a tutor b/c she's got to give up some time at the barn. She's not interested in dropping down into a lower Math & then taking Algebra I in the summer so she wont' have to take it next year. She's so angry & wacked out about this now.

Plus, she now says she hates the school & wants to leave it b/c she wants a school w/ new people/friends. What she doesn't understand is that she's got to take an entrance test to get into the school she wants to go to & they don't offer the level skiing she needs for getting into the college she wants in 4 years. It's really strange. She loved the school until last week-so something is up.