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Peter
Attwood Special Ed Page
February 2 IEP
meeting: tape - transcript
Excerpts:
0:02:10 My concerns, "we're not getting anywhere." Stephen speaks too. 0:07:20 Educational problems - teacher, then me. 0:10:00 Discussion of Stephen's abominable Asperger penmanship. 0:15:00 Discussion of Behavior Intervention Plan 0:24:15 Anne Savage, West End SELPA case manager: "Can we implement the IEP at home?" 0:27:00 Discussion of token system, rewards 0:37:02 DBH psychologist, AB2726 provider 0:45:00 Discussion of his progress 1:10:00 Putting them all on the record that he can't be forced to do school 1:21:15 Stephen's well-founded fear of further harm, and consequent certainty that none of this will work 1:24:25 CVUSD School psychologist affirms that "we're not going to see a lot of forward movement until we deal with his post-traumatic stress." 1:25:00 Examination of DBH psych by me and Stephen 1:31:40 CVUSD School psychologist – need to "feel valued and not fear for his personal safety" and "working through his post-traumatic stress." 1:36:00 Discussion of moving on if abuser won't wise up: "really difficult," school psychologist concedes, that Stephen's abuser - the district - still can hurt him. 1:41:15 Stephen states his fear of the Superintendent picking up the phone and having him hauled away at any moment. District representative Germaine Kinsey states that no one on the team can do anything about it, and we discuss that, leading to my statement that we will be filing for due process.
October 22: We settled the DP case a couple of weeks
ago. CVUSD showed that even a cold
peace does not interest them: they promptly sent a letter accusing me of
sexually harassing their employees at school board meetings. I will post it presently for your
entertainment. They’ve done this
before to quite a few others. Stephen
knows from this and other things that they are still intent on hurting
us. In other news, I have been
appointed to the State Senate Task Force on Autism, “the Education and
Employment Workgroup, High Functioning and Asperger
subgroup.” Jaimie’s
Non-Public School (NPS) should be certified shortly after December 3rd,
when the state comes by. Was at
Advisory Council to OAH today, going to Sacramento
tomorrow for the Advisory Council on Special Education and legislators.
August 21: To the
astonishment of all, they picked Charles Dickie, so
a petition for special election is likely, but not certain as it was for the
favored candidates. We have also retained
Drew Massey of Adams and Associates for the legal stuff. I’ve already worked with Drew helping
one of his clients. Also heard from
the investigator assigned at USDOE to investigate the FERPA complaint, so the
wheels are turning.
July 20: Having broken his head in May, Bill Klein
resigned from the board effective July 1.
The board decided July 9 to pick a replacement rather than hold an
election, no doubt expecting to pick someone to their own liking. None of us
realized that it takes only 1.5% of the voters to petition for an election,
but we all realize it now, and an election seems certain. Public interviews of all applicants,
including me, on the 13th, and they pick on the 20th.
July 1: Stephen and I met today with Wayne Joseph, the new
Interim Supt. I’ve heard nothing
but good things about him. Whatever
else, he does come with a working set of ears, unlike his predecessor. “Drive out the scoffer and contention
will go out, even strife and dishonor will cease” (Prov.
22:10). Who knows? Maybe now we can work it out. I still need to submit the FERPA complaint,
in part because some judges are ruling wrong on access to records, and it
would be good if FCPO could get OAH clear on what the law is on this crucial
matter. But if the problem with CVUSD
could just go away, that would be good for all.
June 30: Got letter
from CVUSD lawyer rebuffing my FERPA demand letter and suggesting that I have
them explain to FPCO how right they are.
My mama taught none of her kids to take advice like that from opposing
counsel, so I’ve pulled my FERPA complaint together as they advised me
to. Hopefully we can get all this
settled before the hearing set for Aug 25th. If not, it’s off to the district
court, for which I seem to have someone lined up if necessary. For now, OAH denied CVUSD’s
motion to quash my subpoena, without prejudice.
May 6th: Spent day in Sacramento
with CAPCA talking with legislators.
Testified at hearing on SB1538, which is to protect kids against
abuse, after which CDE testified against it.
They explained that they can be trusted to investigate complaints and
make sure this doesn’t happen – except that it does, because they
don’t. This authorizes anyone
reading this, especially in the legislature, to access any records needed to
examine CDE’s “investigation” of
complaints S-0487-07/08, S-0521-07/08, and S-0663-07/08. I will sign any required releases.
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