feeling hopeless

my son is 14 he goes to parma community school .he has adhd and is saying he is not getting the help he need in this school he does not get along with the teachers and is wanting me to put him in james frod rhodes in cleveland city schools? i was so not wanting to do this what should i do if anyone has gone to james rhodes or has kids there can you give me some feed back or a school that will hwlp my son to not feel like he is so hopeless and worthless i am so lost and feel so bad for him.

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9th grade can be a very big transition year and having teachers you dislike makes the transition very hard. No teacher is the right teacher for every student.
It's hard to know what the best thing to do is but I always suggest - go and visit the Cleveland school he wants to attend. Your experience in Cleveland's public schools may be different from what those schools or one of them is offering now. I'm impressed that a public high school is offering ROTC and impressed that your son is interested in ROTC - many young people these days shy off ROTC thinking it too demanding - your son must be a very willing worker to want to join ROTC.
You have the right to visit any public school if you make arrangements in advance - if you can take a day, spend a part of it visiting the school - if you can take your son along - and see what you see. Try to make an appointment to speak with the ROTC director while you're there.
I'm also impressed that your son is asking to transfer - some students become discouraged and rather 'shut down' or shuffle through the motions. Your son is responding in a very active and productive way - he's seeking what he believes is a solution to the problem. He sounds like an impressive young man.
Good luck with this - I hope you'll let us know how it goes.

I am so sorry that your child has to go through this, thankfully he has a great mom helping/guiding him. In the meeting be sure to let themknow that school is a place for learning and as adults teachers need to try to encourage students to do better not send out negativity towards him .

please find out who your child's school's "Special Education Liasion" is and contact them for assistance as part of their role is to advocate for your child. I would request that this person be present at any and all meetings in person or via conference call, best wishes.

I have experience the same thing with my grandson 14, but not in that part of the country. Teachers and the principle just don't care enough to work with the kids.
Really, they don't want to be bothered by these types of children. So, now we home shool and he is doing good. His confidence and personality is for the good.

Good luck with the meeting. I agree to include your son in the meeting if possible. His input is important. I actually don't see a problem with switching schools due to the fact he has friends there and there is a program he wants there, the only concern would be if he would be getting support at the new school with his ADHD.
As for his self esteem have you ever shown him a list of famous people with adhd adhdtexas.com/famouspeople.htm
I think he will be amazed at how many famous and talented people struggled with adhd and made it.

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