Today after the third day of homework this week that took over 2.5 hours I gathered all I had and reached out to the classroom teacher, the special ed teacher, the head of special ed, and he principal. In April the special ed teacher claimed Ryan, “did no homework during the week”. They have been trying to get us to do all the homework at night, slowly. It had been hell. So I started a log in mid April to EXACTLY what we did day by day. Tonight at the end of my rope I fired off this email.
Hi everyone
I am reaching out to you all to open a discussion about the time it is taking for my son Ryan to do his homework. All year Ryan was given the accommodation of having the homework over the weekend to complete. We could break the homework into small sections and we had finally gotten to the point where we were no longer fighting with Ryan over homework. His younger brother was getting attention that he needed and as a family we felt our child was starting to succeed and we had a balance of work everyday.
Ms. B and Ms. V had decided to start phasing out weekend homework for Ryan so he would be like “everyone” else. As we all know Ryan is not like everyone else and has an IEP to back that up. With the addition of more homework at night our family life has become disrupted. My 6yo is getting less and less attention as the homework takes longer to complete. It is a trial and hard on not Ryan but us as a family. Ms Brooks said not to worry about homework but I am trying to teach my child a lesson in completing what is given to him.
Attached is a log of what we have been doing for homework and the time taken. The time has ramped up and is really affecting all of us. Please let us open a discussion on what we can do. Ryan’s TSS has offered to start his homework in class but Ms B and Ms. V were not receptive to the idea. I will try anything but this is absolutely not working.
I got a quick response from the principal that they were going to have a meeting about this. It for some reason sent my anxiety levels to eleven. Add the last minute jitters before Listen To Your Mother Philly and I am getting to be a bit of a wreck. Can’t I turn the special needs off till Monday…Please..
May 10, 2012 at 6:20 pm
He is working so very hard all day long and is probably wiped out when he gets home. One of my older children had a teacher that said that after x amount of time you close the book and that’s it. He’s doing homework that everyone has to complete,but he is not like everyone else. I would have him complete it at his own pace.If that was working for him on the weekend then do it. He has to do what works for him and just may not be capable to do it any other way. If they don’t understand too bad.Not trying to be harsh but I really would do what was right for him and they’d just have to deal with it. I’d set up another meeting and tell them this.
May 10, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Good for you for sending them the documentation. I’m sure that is why you got such a quick response from the principal. I think you will get more cooperation from Ms. B and Ms. V. and the principal will make sure of it. Now that you have proof by sending the information and asking for their help, if they don’t do it the big wigs will know that they are being uncooperative in helping Ryan. Try not to fret, I think it is going to work out.
Good luck with the “Listen to Your mother” program.