Murder of a Pink Elephant by Denise Swanson

Author:Denise Swanson [Swanson, Denise]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3, pdf
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9781101567548
Google: zbKrqNcGOe4C
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Goodreads: 16064498
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2003-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

Shake, Rattle, and Roll

Where in the heck was everyone? It was Friday afternoon, and during the twenty minutes Skye’d had free for lunch, she’d tried to phone both Wally and Rod again but ended up leaving them each yet another message to call her. Neither of them had returned her phone call from the night before.

Rod she understood. He probably knew she wanted to talk to him about why he’d sicced the police on Vince. But Wally’s silence worried her. He needed to be told about the methamphetamine problem ASAP. Was his mayoral campaign or his ex-wife taking up all of his attention these days?

Speaking of Wally’s ex, it was time to shut her up. At this moment they were attending an annual review, and Darleen had already repeated herself four times. The parents of the special ed student under discussion were starting to look annoyed.

Skye cleared her throat and said, “It sounds to me like your son has made good progress this year, but he still needs support and modification with organizational issues.”

Darleen shot back, “That’s not what I’m recommending. He’s not disorganized. He’s just lazy. If he would focus and do his homework, he’d be fine.”

Skye allowed, “Yes, I understand that, but his parents have told us how difficult the homework is for him and how much time they spend helping him in the evenings, so I don’t think it’s quite as simple as just plain laziness.” She paused, then pointed out, “And he does have auditory processing and visual-motor difficulties, so he does have to work at least twice as hard to produce what other students are able to do in half the time.”

Darleen glared at Skye. She opened her mouth, but Skye said quickly, “But this is a team decision, so let’s hear what everyone else thinks.”

The principal, the boy’s parents, and the regular education teacher agreed with Skye and felt he still needed services. As Skye finished up the paperwork, Darleen stalked out of the room without saying another word.

Skye shook her head and continued to write. It had been a busy day. She’d had eighth grade annual reviews scheduled every forty-five minutes, starting at eight-fifteen, and it was now nearly four o’clock. The law required that the school hold a meeting every year for all students receiving special education services. During this gathering, the student’s progress was reviewed against the goals set in their Individual Education Plan and a new IEP was written for the next year. Eighth graders had the honor of going first in the process, in order to give the high school extra time to prepare their schedules for the next year.

After handing the parents their copy of the IEP, Skye hurried to her office, grabbed her coat and purse, and rushed to her car. She drove as fast as she could to the police station but when she arrived Wally was already gone for the day and she was forced to leave another message.

While she drove home, she wondered if she should have insisted the dispatcher call Wally back to meet with her.

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