My son waited this morning for the science teacher to get to his class and apologized for being disrespectful and not telling the teacher sooner. The teacher gave him the opportunity to explain himself and told him that he, too, was a very literal person and would have likely done the same thing when he was that age. He told my son the reason he had to call the school "police officer" is because it was flammable and that if some student had taken it home and managed to start a fire with it, he could get fired. He said they were good. He told my son that he forgets that he sometimes needs differentiated help because he catches on to things so quickly and does so well. So he said the next time he forgets and tells my son he just needs to mature rather than getting help, just to remind him he has an IEP.
On the other hand, the principal refused to acknowledge my email I sent today per their request forwarding the "welcome to my kid" letter I'd sent at the beginning of the year. I'm thinking she is going to nurse a grudge for a long while. Thank goodness middle school is only three years!
Despite what is going to likely be a rocky working relationship, I think I am going to press for a notation of his behaviors at our next IEP.
