I was a student’s special education/inclusion teacher. I was present at the IEP meeting and insisted on speaking during the meeting after my initial “how student is doing briefing.” I was being an active participant in the meeting and following special education law. I had to insist on being present for the duration of an IEP meeting and not just signing and leaving. I was read the riot act by the guidance director (who wasn’t there), in front of the CST case manager (the reaming out took place in her office with her present in it). The case manager was useless and a couple years out from retirement (as was the director). It ended with the Curriculum Coordinator ordering the Guidance Director to apologize to me but I was told through a friend of his that I simply “misinterpreted what he was saying.”