Also, the Math teacher friend of mine is willing to tell the school she will tutor her all summer but not willing to talk with the school about dropping. Even though from another district, she “doesn’t think as a teacher she should be involved with that”.
Ok, so already today I got a phone call as I was given permission by the mother to speak to the school on her behalf. I guess I must have made an impression on the school when I have spoken with them before because I was told no meeting would be necessary, and if this parent would sign a form stating they were going against the advice of the Guidance Counselor and the Principal, they would be allowed to drop. They recommended picking up a half year course as an elective and the choices that were available at that time are: Computer Animation, Microsoft Word Excel, or career and financial management. Both Guidance and the girl have Careers and Financial Management as their top choice.
While they want the parent to sign off it was against Guidance and Principal recommendations, I also got the impression it has never been done before and they were interested in seeing the results and might even agree with it, but if it was a miserable failure could say “see we told them not to do that” to the Superintendent.
Now I have a nervous mom asking “should I sign the paper?”