dragonlady wrote in message
Several years ago, my daughter became severely ill with hepatitis.
Obviously, she was going to miss a lot of school. What I wanted was
support for homebound teachers for her classes, and, since we lived
across the street from the school, I wanted her to be able to return to
classes part time when she was strong enough first for Chemistry and
when she could handle two classes a day for Spanish -- the two classes
where actually being there mattered most. I spent several weeks getting
a run around from the school (the principal wanted me to withdraw her
from school all together and put her in independent study until she was
strong enough to come back full time). Then i got the expected call
from the county health department that does the contact tracing for Hep.
B. She asked if there was anything I needed. I described the situation
with the school, and she said she'd take care of it. Within less than
five hours, I had a call from the school giving us exactly what I'd been
asking for!

I am not an uneducated person, and I knew that what I was asking for was
legal and appropriate -- I just hadn't had the clout to pull the right
strings. Frankly, that makes me very angry on behalf of the kids whose
parents don't know their legal entitlements and never hook up with
someone who can help them.

meh

Since Allison has a chronic medical condition and was hospitalized for eight
weeks in 2001, I didn't have any problems what so ever on getting her needs
met. All it took was the doctor faxing over a request to get a modified
schedule, then came the testing and then shortly after that came the POHI
label. Now as it stands, if she is absent a consecutive 5 days due to
illness, she automatically gets home-bound schooling at home or at the
hospital if she is admitted. Some districts you have to pull teeth to get
anything done and others are more willing. I happened to be one of the lucky
ones in that my school's district is very willing to help. Also, I think it
helps that the school knows me and our family very well. I volunteer a lot
of my time to the school and I am a board member on the PTA.

--
Sue (mom to three girls)
I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World...