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[autumnprairie]

I am counting down the days until school. I have meeting with a teacher already to go over A's new schedule again. We went to pick up his school schedule last Thursday and found out his study/resource class wasn't listed I brought it to the counselors attention to be fixed. Well I received a phone call from the resource teacher asking if he could change his schedule around a bit so she could add the class period of help everyday. I said that would be ok. We meeting on Thursday evening this week at orientation to go over his schedule I want them to follow the IEP / 504 plan to the letter. For anyone out there who is going through this same issue it gets very trying to get them to do what by law they are supposed to. I will keep you posted as to how much progress we make on Thursday.
In other news I can not wait until I start school I have some more books to get and a few more things but other than that I am READY for school. The last time I was in college was ten years ago and I didn't finish. I am going to finish this time I want a profession instead of just a job and I have always wanted to be a teacher but wasn't able to afford school until now.
The animal front is crazy at the moment A has a new puppy who wants to pplay with the chickens and rabbits he may not have a puppy for long if it
doesn't leave them alone Miracle is not liking being in the general population pen, they pick on her and she keeps herself separate from them. How long does it take for her to become one with the herd? Will she ever? I don't think I want another bottle baby again it is a lot of work, hats off to those that bottle feed you have more patience than I do.
I have two does already looking pregnant and the only one in there was Blitz baby who is now 12 weeks old I will have to get pics so you can see them. I honestly don't think they are I think they maybe just fat but my DH thinks they are I am wanting Jan- Mar babies so it is not so hot I hope I get my wish.

 

[Roll farms]

Congrats on going back to school!

I usually keep at least 2 bottle babies and raise them together. They move into gen. pop. at around a year and they tend to get picked on a bit, but have eachother / their little group to fall back on. You might take the smallest / least likely to pick on Miracle, pen them alone together to bond, and then after a month or so put them back in gp and see if that helps.

 

[Vickir73]

Dealing with a school that never had a 504 program in place is P.I.T.A, so I know what you mean; however, hopefully it will make it easier for the next people

 

[redtailgal]

Stand your ground!

 

[autumnprairie]

Stand your ground!

you know I will,
thanks everyone for your feed back

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Be firm! Also, I can tell you that sometimes people don't communicate well (gee imagine that) and there have been several times when one of my students has an IEP and I am not told for months!! Ridiculous! It is so maddening when all it would take from our Sp. Education coordinator is an email to let us know. I once had a girl who was on the Autism spectrum and had vision loss in one eye, and after she almost cried one day while we were working, I finally asked some of the other teachers about her and only then did I find out (and yes, I had some serious words with her teacher of record and let the principal know).

Not that this should be your job, because the school should be informing teachers about their students even before they get into our room, but it might be worth stopping in to say hi to all of the teachers and handing them a copy of the IEP sometime early in the first week.

 

[autumnprairie]

Be firm! Also, I can tell you that sometimes people don't communicate well (gee imagine that) and there have been several times when one of my students has an IEP and I am not told for months!! Ridiculous! It is so maddening when all it would take from our Sp. Education coordinator is an email to let us know. I once had a girl who was on the Autism spectrum and had vision loss in one eye, and after she almost cried one day while we were working, I finally asked some of the other teachers about her and only then did I find out (and yes, I had some serious words with her teacher of record and let the principal know).

Not that this should be your job, because the school should be informing teachers about their students even before they get into our room, but it might be worth stopping in to say hi to all of the teachers and handing them a copy of the IEP sometime early in the first week.

Thank you so much for advice I think know what I will doing the first week of school

 

[autumnprairie]

Well, I have two days left before school. This weekend went by so fast Friday I spent time with my step-sister ( 6 yrs older) who I haven't seen in years. I am one of seven and I am the 3rd to the youngest and it was always the younger ones and the older ones growing so I didn't get to spend a whole lot of time with the older siblings but anyways I had a blast hanging out wit my big Sis. My MIL and SIL came and spent the weekend too.We decided Saturday to process our own food for the weekend; 1 rooster and 2 rabbits. It was the first time we killed one of my chickens and he was delicious. I made chicken and dumplings last night and Sunday we had baked rabbit which was also delicious.
I love the fact that I have the ability to feed my family from what we raise. I just wish I could do it everyday one day I want to be able to supply our food completely except for maybe commodities (flour, sugar, salt, rice and pepper)
I need to do a realistic 5 year plan to see if it will work basically waiting for fall harvest to begin so I can find out about the land next to us. I want to either buy it or a long term lease so wish me luck. The land is a little more than 1.5 acres and it will be used for my garden and pasture for the goats too.
I will keep ya all posted on how it turns out

 

[stitchcounting]

I love the fact that I have the ability to feed my family from what we raise. I just wish I could do it everyday one day I want to be able to supply our food completely except for maybe commodities (flour, sugar, salt, rice and pepper)
I need to do a realistic 5 year plan to see if it will work basically waiting for fall harvest to begin so I can find out about the land next to us. I want to either buy it or a long term lease so wish me luck. The land is a little more than 1.5 acres and it will be used for my garden and pasture for the goats too.
I will keep ya all posted on how it turns out

thats exactly what i wanna do ! but maybe not goats, idk though i still have YEARS to decided lol
luck with buying the new land

 

[jodief100]

Good luck with the school! Your plan sounds wonderful.