Our small school of some 200 students at Crestmoor where happy to hear Mattie was giving his education a second chance. Mrs. Byrne has a father with adult Leukemia and was in tune. She also had a second child in Matt's kindergarten class who had cancer and was being treated at the same hospital. The current principal was stalling and stuttering on working on Matt's IEP, but after Mattie had graduated over the summer we were informed she was leaving due to a demotion and would have a new principal for 1st grade. Mrs. Duffner was a no nonsense teacher and was reasonable and was informed of his circumstances. Kat arranged for Matt's 504 plan and all were onboard to put an IEP(Individual Education Program) in place. Matt was having some issues in some areas and falling behind. We had a meeting with eight individuals from the district and a person from the heal program at our hospital. We went over Matt's strengths and weaknesses and put some goals in place that will take effect beginning of 2012 and run all the way up until he starts college with yearly reviews and needs. Basically, Matt gets tutors, extra time for tests, some occupation therapy for memory and other items will be addressed as they arise. The methotrexate medication he is receiving has a tendency to eliminate part of the brains outer lining and effect some gray matter which causes issues. We are very hopeful for the future and see he is taking care of...
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