Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
WHILE our kids are in the system, there is a limit to how much human capital we are willing/able to burn on aggressive advocacy....If you push TOO hard, you will lose the day-to-day goodwill that softens the edges of the letter of obligations/agreements. In other words, you risk alienating a classroom teacher or school principal to the point that they will ONLY do what they are obliged to do on paper.

Very true. On the other hand, while your kid's in the system, you have every reason to strive for change.

We have seen locally that pushing for a change because of one child's needs can also bring about administrative changes that will help a lot of children. Our family usually rides that line HK describes, and it is not a piece of cake, but I persist in thinking it's still possible. Ask me in a couple of years whether it worked.