We officially got our invite to the GIEP meeting (yay). But here's the but... it was scheduled for us to meet before class in our son's homeroom. We've met with the teacher before, once as a kick off meeting at the beginning of the year (since we skipped K and that was unusual in our district), and then again as a pulse check on how things were going. Meeting at this time, in the homeroom, means that I can't see us having much more than 15 minutes. Maybe (MAYBE) 30 tops. Is this how long they usually take? I expected that it'd be offsite at the admin center or something. I found it odd too seeing as I expected more members of the GIEP team to be there. It was definitely phrased as a GIEP meeting so I'm not expecting any "your son is not gifted..."
The way that it was phrased ("both of you can attend, but we only need one signature on the paperwork") definitely leads me to believe it's expected that we just take the plan as-is (we won't). I can't see us asking any really substantial questions about CBA for the PLEP part.
I think we're going to wait until the meeting occurs, and then raise a few questions, and then take it from there. It doesn't make sense to me to raise big red flags yet. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. However, the more I think about it, the more I'm angry/disappointed. (Best for me to get that out now so that at the meeting I'm collected.)
How long was your GIEP?
JB
