Grr... the school district better watch out...

Lawyer mama is about to come out and beat them down (but in a nice, productive way). 

We got a call on Friday re scheduling an IEP meeting, offering two dates -- Tuesday or a early November.  Because DS has a make-up session with his SLP this Tuesday, we decided to go with the later date.  DH called them back this morning and is told that the principal of our neighborhood school (which will coordinate his services) has declared the meeting set for tomorrow.  He proceeds to tell them that this won't work and they need to reschedule.  I have read my lovely parental rights handbook and I know that they have to give me the draft IEP two days in advance of the meeting.  Since they haven't given it to me, they can't schedule the meeting for tomorrow.

At his eligibility meeting, we were told that the teacher who is drafting his IEP was going to call us to discuss her thoughts.  Hasn't happened.  I called the county-wide program coordinator today to let her know that, and to also let her know what the principal is pulling re scheduling.  She agreed with me that it was inappropriate, and commented a number of times that she would like to be at the meeting but that the local principal liked to run things out of her school (which may also explain why the IEP-drafter has not called).  Because I really like this woman, and I'm not getting a warm fuzzy thus far from the principal, I decided to assert another right found in the parental rights handbook and invite the coordinator to the IEP meeting.  She seemed very happy about that.  She also said that she was going to call the drafter and ask her directly to get in touch with me.

I get the feeling that our local principal is not well-liked in the system and likes to do things her own way.  I hate to start things off by fighting with her, but I'm not going to let her take shortcuts that will harm my kid.