Reply #53: Oops - didn't know your kid was

[Yupster]

a special needs kid when I made my first post.

Let me add two things.

They may be required to do a formal type of meeting to document contacts with special needs kids. In Texas they're called ARD's. That may be why so many people will be there. It just may be required because of his situation.

On the other hand, the fact that he is a special needs kid, and this looks like a formal to be documented meeting, I would be suspicious that some decision has been reached and you are to be informed about it. Something like mainstreaming, or the such.

My guess is it's probably choice A, but I'd still be wary at the beginning of the meeting to see if they are just here to tell me to curb my kid's disruptions, or am I here to be informed of a major change that I probably won't like.

Either way, I wouldn't expect politics to come up from their side at least.