Can the school force me to go to an alternative school?

[funnystory]

Before I dropped out that was still considered the school i was going back to but I made a mistake by dropping out and I might have given up my spot and now im regretting it.

 

[Humusluvr]

Before I dropped out that was still considered the school i was going back to but I made a mistake by dropping out and I might have given up my spot and now im regretting it.

Yes, you may have lost that spot.

 

[funnystory]

The other very important piece of information i forgot is that students don't get forced to go to alternative schools until their junior year so i was one of the few sophomore. Reason being they held a meeting before I came and they me sign that i wanted to go there because the way the principal made the school seem like was not the way it actually was so I kinda feel like i got tricked into signing away my rights which is why i was wondering if i had any legal rights

 

[Humusluvr]

The other very important piece of information i forgot is that students don't get forced to go to alternative schools until their junior year so i was one of the few sophomore. Reason being they held a meeting before I came and they me sign that i wanted to go there because the way the principal made the school seem like was not the way it actually was so I kinda feel like i got tricked into signing away my rights which is why i was wondering if i had any legal rights

Going there was probably based on your age, and the amount of credits you needed to finish.

If you feel like you were tricked into going there, and you want to back out now that you know it's so bad, you'll need to approach the principal like I advised you to. That's really the only recourse.

If this were a legal problem - and most of the cases I see here on this forum aren't legal, they are just strategic issues - the school would have needed to purposefully damage you in some way you can prove. I don't see that - I see a school who is giving someone who is very far behind an opportunity to catch up, but the student doesn't like his option.

 

[Perky]

Again i was in the middle of special ed testing before i dropped out.

Apparently, the district WAS doing what they were required to do.

They were aware because my parents told them but they still needed to test me and my parents sent in a letter requesting special ed help in may but they didnt want to do anything then so my parents had to wait until the next year.

If a diagnosis was provided to them, they didn't have to do any additional testing. Since your parents didn't ask for special ed help until May, can we assume that they provided the diagnosis at that time too?

They didnt have it on file and yes the medicine was prescribed by a doctor.

The diagnosis was before but since the school didnt do the testing they didnt care. No i did not have an IEP.

Schools don't typically provide testing for ADD.

 

[funnystory]

The school that was my school of choice were the ones taking care of the special ed testing and like i said I already had my conditions on paper and they ignored the first letter so my dad had to send it in twice. Im not positive but im pretty sure there was anxiety included in the letter as well.

 

[PQN]

So in other words, they had no official notice of your medical condition. Your mommy telling them is insufficient.

Actually since mommy told them in writing, that is sufficient. The school had started the special education process to provide help for OP, however they cannot complete the process since OP did not 'make himself available' for the assessments.

OP - have your mom contact the special education director and get the process going again (or if you have only been 'missing' for a week, keep the process going). Once the school finishes their assessments and you have provided them with documentation from your docs, there will be an Eligibility Meeting where everything will be looked at and it will be decided whether or not your disability interferes with your ability to access an education. If they determine that your disability does interfere, the team (which includes you and your parents), will determine how the school can help you get a free, appropriate high school education. They may say that you need to finish the year at the alternate school or they may offer a classroom placement in a special education room on the main campus or even regular classes with a resource period each day to help with any issues.

The #1 most important thing is for you to get back to the school and work with them to get your education.

 

[funnystory]

thank you for all the help guys ill figure out away to get another evaluation by the school and then i will post back