Principle wont allow me to transfer schools

[Naveen123]

My daughter attends school in Illinois. I want to withdrawl her from her current school because she wants to go back to her old high school which is in the same district and the same distance as her current high school. Problem is I had to get approval from both her home principle and the principle of the school I want my daughter to go to and they both rejected my request. However, one of the principles had stated that one of the ways I can qualify to transfer her was if the other school offers classes that her current school didn't and so I looked up the curriculum for both schools and found a couple classes offered at that school and found one class that i think would be very helpful for her because its a class that helps students who dont understand chemistry and since she had a real hard time in chem and didnt pass even after asking for help (which they would rarely give) I believe this class is a perfect class for her to take and get her credit back and graduate this year. The problem with this is that when i showed the principle this one chem class that could help my daughter he still denied my request even though this class is only offered at that school. So by law do I have the right to transfer her back to her old high school or do I give up even though I was told there is a chance she can qualify if there was a class she needs to take at the other high school thats not offered at her current high school BUT get rejected anyway even after I found a class for her at the high school that I believe is right for her. I am her mother why is my say not important in this? The principles, in my opinion, have no right to decide which school is best for MY daughter. What should I do? My daughter is not being bullied but shes a shy person and its hard for her to make friends at this school and she doesn't want to go back to being alone all year and wants to see her old friends.

 

[Silverplum]

My daughter attends school in Illinois. I want to withdrawl her from her current school because she wants to go back to her old high school which is in the same district and the same distance as her current high school. Problem is I had to get approval from both her home principle and the principle of the school I want my daughter to go to and they both rejected my request. However, one of the principles had stated that one of the ways I can qualify to transfer her was if the other school offers classes that her current school didn't and so I looked up the curriculum for both schools and found a couple classes offered at that school and found one class that i think would be very helpful for her because its a class that helps students who dont understand chemistry and since she had a real hard time in chem and didnt pass even after asking for help (which they would rarely give) I believe this class is a perfect class for her to take and get her credit back and graduate this year. The problem with this is that when i showed the principle this one chem class that could help my daughter he still denied my request even though this class is only offered at that school. So by law do I have the right to transfer her back to her old high school or do I give up even though I was told there is a chance she can qualify if there was a class she needs to take at the other high school thats not offered at her current high school BUT get rejected anyway even after I found a class for her at the high school that I believe is right for her. I am her mother why is my say not important in this? The principles, in my opinion, have no right to decide which school is best for MY daughter. What should I do? My daughter is not being bullied but shes a shy person and its hard for her to make friends at this school and she doesn't want to go back to being alone all year and wants to see her old friends.

*twitch*

Principal. PrincipAL. PrinciPAL.

 

[Eekamouse]

My daughter attends school in Illinois. I want to withdrawl her from her current school because she wants to go back to her old high school which is in the same district and the same distance as her current high school. Problem is I had to get approval from both her home principle and the principle of the school I want my daughter to go to and they both rejected my request. However, one of the principles had stated that one of the ways I can qualify to transfer her was if the other school offers classes that her current school didn't and so I looked up the curriculum for both schools and found a couple classes offered at that school and found one class that i think would be very helpful for her because its a class that helps students who dont understand chemistry and since she had a real hard time in chem and didnt pass even after asking for help (which they would rarely give) I believe this class is a perfect class for her to take and get her credit back and graduate this year. The problem with this is that when i showed the principle this one chem class that could help my daughter he still denied my request even though this class is only offered at that school. So by law do I have the right to transfer her back to her old high school or do I give up even though I was told there is a chance she can qualify if there was a class she needs to take at the other high school thats not offered at her current high school BUT get rejected anyway even after I found a class for her at the high school that I believe is right for her. I am her mother why is my say not important in this? The principles, in my opinion, have no right to decide which school is best for MY daughter. What should I do? My daughter is not being bullied but shes a shy person and its hard for her to make friends at this school and she doesn't want to go back to being alone all year and wants to see her old friends.

Why did you transfer her to a school where she knows no one in the first place? And it's principal, not principle. Please don't help your daughter with her English homework.

 

[justalayman]

are these both private or public schools?

 

[quincy]

... I want to withdrawl her from her current school because she wants to go back to her old high school which is in the same district and the same distance as her current high school. Problem is I had to get approval from both her home principle and the principle of the school I want my daughter to go to and they both rejected my request. ... What should I do? My daughter is not being bullied but shes a shy person and its hard for her to make friends at this school and she doesn't want to go back to being alone all year and wants to see her old friends.

There is a lot that needs to be known before it can be said if the schools are legally justified in keeping your daughter from withdrawing from her current high school to re-enroll in her former high school.

Often students are transferred out of one school and into another due to problems the student has experienced in a school. Sometimes the problems are educational (e.g., special needs), sometimes disciplinary (e.g., fights), sometimes emotional (e.g., bullying), sometimes criminal (e.g, drugs). There can also be districting issues.

If you would like to return to provide additional information, we can perhaps provide you with some answers.

One way to remember the difference between principle (e.g., a fundamental truth) and principal (e.g., the head of a school) is that the word principal ends in PAL because the principal of your school is your pal (although you and your daughter might be thinking the school principals are ples).