I have been struggling to get my daughter through third grade all year. Toward the beggining of the year her teacher confronted me out in front of the school in my car where I was waiting to pick up my daughter. She told me, in front of my daughter, that she felt the my daughter had problems and should abviously be put on some kind of medication and that she thought that she had a tracking problem with her eyes and should be taken to an eye specialist to be treated. I called the principal and the school counselor the next day at set an appointment to meet with them regaurding the things that the teacher had brought up. At the meeting I asked them that if they beleived that she had some sort of learning disability could we please begin the evaluation process to find out what her problems actually were and to address them accordingly. I was told that the teacher was only acting with the best of intentions and heart and that since my daughter was not failing she did not qualify for any evaluations or modifications and that I should probably do as the teacher instructed and take to her to a doctore and have her put on medication and have her eyes tested by the specialist that the teacher recommended. Angry doesn't begin to describe my feelings at this point. I called and spoke with the school superintendant and he said that he would speak with the teacher and principle about moving her to the front of the room and see if that solves the problem. Now we are down the last 6 weeks of school and my daughter goes to school every day at 8 and stays after school for an hour mon. thru thurs. for extra math help, or so I have been told all year by her teacher and the notes that they have sent home, I have had not contact with any of the teachers since that time. Until the Easter party and I asked her teacher how she was doing at school and her teacher tells me that she thinks that my daughter is probably going to fail the year and have to repeat 3rd grade and I asked if anything had been done to help my daughter in all the time that she had been staying after shool all year wich I was told was supposed to be for extra math help, and her teacher then tells me "Oh no, she has been staying after school to study for the TAKS test." So now it is the last six weeks, the TAKS scores are in and my daughter has passed the TAKS with average scores but yet I am told that she is failing third grade. WHAT?!!! Help! What am I supposed to do now. I have tried to get hold of the school counselor, principle and superintendant for a week and no one will return my calls as they are on another line, in a meeting for away from their desk. Help, I will take any advice I can get. Do I try and get her into a different shcool? Do I just let her ride out the rest of the year and hope that next year is better? Do I pull her out and keep her at home away from these crazy people or what?
