state approval and a happy moment...
many people have heard me rant about how much the CT department of education pisses me off (even if it is top in the nation)... but really the past few months have been ridiculous... we were cited by the state on a number of legitimate claims that we were out of compliance with... i understand this and i along with most of my co staff worked our asses off in order to get ourselves special ed certified on top of everything else to get the state to shut up... well in november our judgement day came and things seemed to go very well until our consultant decided to turn his consulting into "how can i close this school down?" and decided to tell us another long list of things we had to do... now this list was complete bull shit (unlike the first because there were some things that we needed to fix) and after we changed everyone's schedules around (because according to this ass hole if a student has an IEP that requires special education services at all they must be delivered by a special education teacher only all day - take out the at all and the all day and that's what the f-ing law is supposed to be interpreted you only provide special ed services for the areas that the student needs sped for... for the love of all that is holy)... so it's been a rough two weeks seeing as i'm one of the lucky few who is qualified to teach our population and took on twice as much as i was already doing (i'm tired...)... so we have a staff meeting today and pete tells us that at long last our approval from the state came through... holla hip hip hooray i still have a job... then richard ruins the moment by sharing a letter that he wrote to the commissioner of the ed department stating how riduculous our second review was... he also threw in the fact that he hired a lawyer and he made it sound like he threatened to take legal action if our approval didn't go through... now i don't want to be involved in that... jsut tell me everything is ok and i'll be happy... seriously... i have a job and that's that... no stress over the holidays...
At least once a day I have a moment where I truly understand why I live and do what I do... today I had a moment that is worth sharing
i received a card today from a student who i am very close with, but he's really been a pain in the ass in the three classes i have with him for the majority of this year... the card touched my heart and made me chuckle so i thought i would share...
Front:
To Lexi, From Arin,
**a big picture of a syringe**
Timmy thaz (that's) not a toy thaz a syringe
Inside:
Dear Lexi, I really appreciate you putting up with my shit. I have been really ADD you have been really understanding. You are a rise or die gangster. Thug life 4ever. Represent Grove. Thank you and happy holidays.
Back:
North Side
(Canadians)
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West Side <--------> East Side
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South Side
(dirty dirty)
At least once a day I have a moment where I truly understand why I live and do what I do... today I had a moment that is worth sharing
i received a card today from a student who i am very close with, but he's really been a pain in the ass in the three classes i have with him for the majority of this year... the card touched my heart and made me chuckle so i thought i would share...
Front:
To Lexi, From Arin,
**a big picture of a syringe**
Timmy thaz (that's) not a toy thaz a syringe
Inside:
Dear Lexi, I really appreciate you putting up with my shit. I have been really ADD you have been really understanding. You are a rise or die gangster. Thug life 4ever. Represent Grove. Thank you and happy holidays.
Back:
North Side
(Canadians)
|
|
West Side <--------> East Side
|
|
South Side
(dirty dirty)