thanks all. I am still just stunned at the virulence of this teacher's response.
There may be SOME understanding where this is coming from, as DS in an astoundingly lack of good judgement (not unusual in him - he can be oblivious) on their FIRST didn't clue in that it was a geography AND spelling test, and had a "cheat sheet" of locations in his lap. They weren't even all spelled correctly. I also wasn't aware that it was supposed to be a spelling test as we hadn't received ANYTHING from the teacher, and I believe my genuinely honest boy. The teacher didn't even ask for an explanation, just judged him guilty and now sees him as a cheat and can't seem to move beyond it. I had to contact the teacher to discuss the charge, as he wasn't going to contact me.
Ds does not have an "official" LD diagnosis - he was tested last month and has a PRI of 83 - the assessor recommended an OT eval (long story why this hasn't happened earlier in his life) and we are on the way to getting that done.
computer use is for ALL work, as "Further, as I stated, I cannot monitor his growth in spelling, grammar or punctuation, given his use of electronic tools for correction. N needs to meet the standards that are normative for the class and that form the basis of assessment"
He didn't even ask if ds had USED electronic correction tools - just assumed. He hadn't.
"He must write in his own hand both in class and on homework to receive credit for assigned tasks."
I'm trying to work through the principal thing - there is no other teacher for 4th grade.
Last edited by Barbara; 10/01/09 02:12 PM.
