Putting the Cart Before the Horse

Jun 12, 2012 | All About Molly, Autism, IEP, Special Needs

[flickr id=”5888385257″ thumbnail=”small” overlay=”true” size=”small” group=”” align=”left”]I’m pretty certain that I would not be remiss to say that the beginning of last years school year was a colossal failure. If we sat all involved parties down at the end of the day we would all agree that the road became more rocky than needed.

The school didn’t listen to us. Her teacher didn’t listen to us. Molly was unprepared for school starting again, unprepared for the new teacher…all of us were unprepared for all developments.

This year we’re putting the cart before the horse.

Before last year ended we talked to the principal to make sure we are prepared for the fall.

We will know who Molly’s teachers are before the school year starts.  Molly will have a chance to meet her (her homeroom at least, if not all three teachers) before the school year starts.

More importantly, we will meet with them before the school year starts.

We won’t wait for “Meet the teacher” night.  We won’t be ignored and told “Oh I don’t look at previous years”.

This year we will be heard.

We will cut the crap off at the past.

We will show that we learned from our mistakes – and force the school to learn too.

Sarah

1 Comment

  1. Joanna

    I’m sure this year will be better, since you’re being so intentional about it. That’s a GREAT picture of her.

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