Before the IEP meeting, we met with Kitty's special school principal and a teacher whose job it is to work on transitions. Honestly it was the usual joke. What do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you want to live? What do you need (in the 6 months left of school) to reach those goals?
Kitty's answers: She thinks she wants to take a year off before starting junior college to travel. She wants to become a flight attendant for awhile so she can travel, but she refused {as much as she will refuse any adult that's not us} to research the job requirements. She'll stay at home while she goes to college, but eventually she wants to get married and have children. She wants to continue working at GAC.
The special school principal did mention to her that she might be staying at GAC, because she doesn't like change. He reinforced that it's a good idea to stay at home for awhile, and stated they will be helping her research the job requirements for being a flight attendant.
The main thing he said is that us making Kitty quit GAC would not get her what we were looking for - which was for the school to find a new job for her. The vocational program would just drop her. At the meeting, it was agreed that Kitty would work with her vocational teacher to try to get afternoon hours at GAC, but if not, then the school would fill the time with electives. After having time to think about it, I'm hoping that she doesn't get the afternoon hours so she can try to get a little more out of these last 6 months of school. She has the rest of her life to work. I wanted her to try something new, and since she won't...
So nothing has really changed, except for some reason Hubby mentioned letting her start looking into getting her learner's permit. That's ALL she got from the meeting.
The actual IEP meeting was a rubber stamp.
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