My son, as most of you already know, is ADHD (okay I hear some saying 'yeah right!'), well he is severally so! The schools cannot deal with him without meds. - I don't want him on meds. - I can deal with him off some of his meds. Also, if they gave him recess, if they stopped trying to make him do 2.5 hour lessons without a break, he would be okay ... but I have fought long and hard on this, sadly I have failed. Also, the schools have acknowledged that he his is extremely intelligent however have still put into the 'failing' section. He is with kids that do drugs and cut themselves ... I will not have him with those kids.
Also, my daughter, as most of you already know, has a life threatening peanut allergy. She did not start school when she should because the school would not 'readily' action the safety changes that were required. I had to fight the system to get changes done under 'section 504' , like allowing her to carry her life saving medication, like requesting that ALL teachers had first aid training. Well we managed to get that sorted, only to have a 2nd grader rub peanuts in her face to 'see what would happen'! Well hopefully the shock of what did happen will prevent that 'see what will happen' desire in the future!
So with gangs of kids beating up their peers, with gangs of kids beating up their teachers, with teachers dealing in drugs, with kids doing drugs .... my list goes on forever. I shall homeschooling my kids next year ... wish me luck
