San Antonio Parent Reveals Shocking Conversation with School District

This was in an email that I received from a concerned parent whose child has Dyslexia. She tried to go through all of the hoops that the school gave her in order to get the proper help for her child. The child is almost in Middle School and has not taken any steps yet to identify a problem that has been going on since 1st Grade:

“My has it been overwhelming dealing with a broken school system. We were scheduled to have an RTI meeting to close out on Tier 3 on Wednesday but to no surprise, I was not contacted until late afternoon on Tuesday that it had been canceled. The counselor apologized stating that it was an oversight. We still did have a 504 meeting to discuss accommodations based on her ADD. Boy am I frustrated!!! I contacted the dyslexia coordinator myself and talked with her. I’m expecting to hear back from her soon as to what she thinks about the school results and the report from Leslie. : )

I have decided that my next step is to contact the superintendent and even the media if necessary. It’s no holds barred for me at this point especially after the counselor told me that they would only test her for Special Ed after our next RTI meeting. He also said that when they do that testing they have 90 days to do it so that puts us in the month of April (almost at the end of school year)!

The ending of the counselor’s talk was "hopefully we should be able to figure something out by the time she is leaving us for middle school" Who says this! I was floored, but I composed myself long enough to get to my car and cry my eyes out. I am just dumbfounded at the school’s inability to understand that my baby girl needs help. They just don't care how I feel.”

What parents have to go through to get help from the school system is just not fair! I understand that schools need to have procedures and that they have a limited budget. I also know that there are hundreds of frustrated teachers out there who want to help, but can't. It's about time that administrators are honest and frank with parents so that they can get the help they need elsewhere if the school cannot provide it. Have you had a similar experience with your child's school?

If this has been your experience, you are NOT alone.

Visit www.learningfoundations.com/get-started  or call (210) 495-2626 to see how you can get help for your struggling child.