I need advise, not sure what to do or where to go.
Teacher refused DD into honors class because of 504.plan. She is capable of the work.
Principal forced teacher to let DD in but needed to come up with plan for speech at end of 2nd semester
Came up with plan between teacher, principal, school counselor with DD's input. Everyone approved in Feb.
Teacher went rogue decided to do it a different way and disregard speech plan and announced part of my DD's 504 plan releasing info that people are now teasing her with. She had told no kids at school her medical conditions. This has exacerbated her condition and is making it hard for her to go to school. She is having bigger and more frequent panic attacks and is now afraid of all teachers.
Have talked to principal who apologized and asst superintendent has been notified. DD is pulled from class and will get grade but it still does not seem enough.
I really believe teacher never intended to follow plan from Feb because principal forced her to take DD with 504 plan into class.
Anything else i should do. DD is so upset. That was her personal, private information that she did not want shared. So upsetting.
Thanks for any advice.
That’s so not cool. I"m so sorry for your daughter, and I know these things hurt us, the parents who hate to see our kids hurting. I just don’t know what else there is to be done. Is there some kind of reprimand or “counseling,” or “training” for the teacher? Did the teacher apologize to your daughter and take responsibility for what he or she did? I think I’d want to know that teacher understands the full picture of what he or she did. Can your daughter write a letter to the teacher telling the teacher all the ramifications of what happened? Maybe the teacher needs to hear from “the victim” and will gain some insight and empathy. I would want to know that this won’t happen again to another student. And then, beyond that, I would just work on counseling my daughter in resilience. You can’t undo what happened, only keep encouraging your daughter to hold her head high, and focus on what’s important to her. Maybe could she start a club at her school for others with similar issues? Maybe she could start a club to help inform “typical” students about the full spectrum of things their peers are dealing with. She can lead a charge in reducing stigma. Let this be something to empower her to make changes for herself and others. Help her to not be (feel like) a victim.
You may never know exactly how the teacher is reprimanded because that is private info (just like DDs 504 plan grrr). Is there a special ed parent group in your school district? They may be able to support you somehow.
You can and should file a formal complaint with the district. That teacher broke protocol, embarrassed your daughter, and violated her rights under FERPA. Be sure to point out that the school responded as best they could to mitigate the damage and you appreciate that, but the genie cannot be stuffed back in the bottle, as it were, and this educator either needs additional training ASAP or needs not to be working with students.
I am so sorry this happened. I hope your daughter is okay.
This is really awful and I would demand a resolution. Tell the school if they cannot follow the terms of the 504 then they can pay for your daughter to attend another school. Also as stated above your daughter’s peer can never un-know this information.
This year has been such a mess. Thank goodness it is almost over. DD is super struggling now and is having panic attacks when any teacher talks to her. She did end up writing the teacher to let her know how much that hurt her and I think that gave her a little power in what she felt was a powerless situation. Thanks everyone for your kind answers. They were very much appreciated!
In January, my dyslexic daughter’s very 504-unfriendly science teacher loudly commented in front of the class that it’s not fair to the other students that she gets to retake tests when she fails them (which is one of her 504 accommodations). I immediately called my daughter’s counselor, and later that day the teacher was reprimanded by the counselor and principal. The next day the teacher met with the counselor to re-review my daughter’s 504 to make sure she understood it, and that it is a legally binding document. She apologized to my daughter and we’ve had no problems since then. Maybe some re-education of your child’s teacher is in order?