What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
The Question: (short form)
How can I make a high school remove an F from a student’s record?
Background:
My step-brother age 16 qualifies for Special Ed under reason A: something to do with visual comprehension.
He was adopted and he suffers from several other disabilities which affect his learning and would also qualify for special Ed for reasons B: mild levels of scoliosis, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, ADHD, Asthma.
His school academics have been overall above average compared to Special Ed pupils; with A’s and some C’s.
He has recently been suffering from abdominal pains since November 2009 to date March 2010, which has been negatively affecting his school performance. He has missed 45% of his classes (missed 63 days).
At Issue:
The student got one F because the student had too many absences in addition to not being able to do the work since he wasn’t present. However, the student was unable to attend school because of his disability. The abdominal pains are related to the fetal alcohol syndrome which effects complications with cerebral palsy ( muscle pathology ) and scoliosis ( spine deformity causing neuron pathology). We refer to this as a flare up of his syndrome.
[At IEP I requested that this one course be removed from the transcript because it lowers his GPA dramatically and will impede his ability to obtain scholarships in the near future.
IEP team responded that the course was an elective and the student will probably go through community college so that the one “F” isn’t so important. And the IEP team claimed that they can’t retroactively reverse a grade received. A brief conversation with the college center rep confirmed this point; however, it is my personal experience that a scholarship committee could pass on a student with even one F.
Also the IEP rep influenced and discouraged (perhaps by mistake) the parent from going through the grades appeal process]
Summary: The Question: (Long form)
My point is, the student should not be penalized by leaving the F in his record. And the school should be able to remove it otherwise the school is discriminating on the student because of his disability. I am not asking for a passing grade in that course but since the student was absent so much, they should be able to fix the issue by removing the entire course from his record.
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
The Question: (short form)
How can I make a high school remove an F from a student’s record?
Background:
My step-brother age 16 qualifies for Special Ed under reason A: something to do with visual comprehension.
He was adopted and he suffers from several other disabilities which affect his learning and would also qualify for special Ed for reasons B: mild levels of scoliosis, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, ADHD, Asthma.
His school academics have been overall above average compared to Special Ed pupils; with A’s and some C’s.
He has recently been suffering from abdominal pains since November 2009 to date March 2010, which has been negatively affecting his school performance. He has missed 45% of his classes (missed 63 days).
At Issue:
The student got one F because the student had too many absences in addition to not being able to do the work since he wasn’t present. However, the student was unable to attend school because of his disability. The abdominal pains are related to the fetal alcohol syndrome which effects complications with cerebral palsy ( muscle pathology ) and scoliosis ( spine deformity causing neuron pathology). We refer to this as a flare up of his syndrome.
[At IEP I requested that this one course be removed from the transcript because it lowers his GPA dramatically and will impede his ability to obtain scholarships in the near future.
IEP team responded that the course was an elective and the student will probably go through community college so that the one “F” isn’t so important. And the IEP team claimed that they can’t retroactively reverse a grade received. A brief conversation with the college center rep confirmed this point; however, it is my personal experience that a scholarship committee could pass on a student with even one F.
Also the IEP rep influenced and discouraged (perhaps by mistake) the parent from going through the grades appeal process]
Summary: The Question: (Long form)
My point is, the student should not be penalized by leaving the F in his record. And the school should be able to remove it otherwise the school is discriminating on the student because of his disability. I am not asking for a passing grade in that course but since the student was absent so much, they should be able to fix the issue by removing the entire course from his record.
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
. You and Zig busted my bubble on an earlier thread