I SO Deserve Those Gift Cards!!!

I have a set of parents who, for the most part, make not a peep throughout the year. The exception is Open House, Parent/Teacher conferences and of course the IEP. These are the parents who gift me with very generous gift cards ($100 just this past x-mas). Now, Open House and P/T conferences are just usually then popping in, saying hello and that's it. The IEP is another matter altogether. This past IEP, however, was painless and truthfully, the only issues were with the speech therapist - not me (some people should read their "customer" and shut their mouth). Anyway - the IEP was held on a Friday, which had been delayed due to a snow day. I thus wasn't able to put the document in the outgoing mail until I got back to school on the following Tuesday (the 19th as Monday was MLK day).

Fast forward to that same week on Friday. I sent an email for another reason and the reply asked where the IEP was. I told them I had put it in the outgoing mail on Tuesday...it should be coming. They emailed me back on Tuesday of the following week saying they hadn't gotten it and could I send it home with their daughter. Of course I wasn't in the building that morning so I had to race around to find her. UGH! No word from them after that...until...

...I wake up this morning and have an email. Here's what it said: Guess what came in mail today?!Yes the IEP,posted Jan 21.Why are there no accommodations for "big tests", small group ,extended time,G needs that for ACT and other.

(I'm telling you they absolutely didn't believe that I actually put the document in the mail. I can't help that it sat in the outgoing mail for two days before the mail guy took it but I put it there!)
I thus went onto the IEP because I thought, "What!? Did I not put those items on the accommodation page?!" Here was my reply (this is copy and pasted directly from the IEP...that they JUST received!!!):These are the accommodations listed on the IEP - I've bolded the things your talking about:
Read test to student

Small group testing

Extended time (up to two days for lengthy writing assignments or projects)

Calculator

Copy of notes

Extended time for test and quizzes (1.5 periods)

Study guide for tests 

Word bank for fill-in or completion 

It isn't necessary to indicate "big tests" for ACT accommodations - it just needs to say there is extended time on tests and quizzes with an indication of the time allowed). 

These parents are driving me up a wall. They seem to think they know all in regard to IEP when they know nothing and their demeanor comes across so demanding. Annoying...so tempting for me to give this student up next year...I'm going to have to think about that.

Well, I did my taxes last night...easy peasy! So happy to have that off my plate and we're getting a nice chunk back...makes up for the giant check I had to write for our property taxes...yowza! 

Okay - well I'm on my way. Happy Wednesday. Later!