{"id":725,"date":"2022-09-07T22:19:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T22:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.loveyourschool.org\/arizona\/?p=725"},"modified":"2024-07-11T00:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:08:28","slug":"alexandreas-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loveyourschool.org\/arizona\/2022\/09\/07\/alexandreas-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandrea’s Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a single parent of 2 daughters. I reached out to Love Your School,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>looking for assistance in finding my daughter a school that would better suit her needs. I thought she had a learning disability but didn\u2019t know what resources I could utilize to get her the help she needed. The school she was going to was going to fail her without any type of\u00a0<\/span>evaluation, and without giving me as a parent resources to help her. I had asked multiple times in emails and phone\u00a0calls what I could do to help my daughter and explained my daughters learning struggles to the principal and teachers at her school and I was in tears when all my concerns were ignored. I received no help or input from the school on how to help my daughter, only that she would be failing the grade. I was really having trouble\u00a0<\/span>navigating the charter school system and felt completely overwhelmed. I did not want my daughter to become another statistic. I wanted my daughter to get the help she needed. I wanted assistance finding resources for my daughter and advocating for the help she needed so I searched online and found Love Your School and that\u2019s when I reached out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The support I received from Jenny along with others at Love Your School was amazing. They helped educate me about the rights I had as a parent for my child. They also educated me on what schools services could be\u00a0<\/span>requested, as well as child find laws that I knew nothing about. In doing so I finally was able to get my daughter evaluated and qualified by the school for special education services. And this is something I would have never received from the school without the support from Love Your School. Jenny and Shannon attended my IEP\u00a0<\/span>meeting with me and supported me through any and all questions I had about correspondence and push back that I was receiving from my daughters school. As a parent when you have a meeting with 10 school officials who are educated in the school system and school rights and it\u2019s just you as a parent alone this process can be\u00a0<\/span>overwhelming. Love Your School was there every step of the way. They made me feel knowledgeable and prepared and supported in this process. I can\u2019t thank them enough for what they have done for me and my daughter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I would advise other parents to reach out to Love Your School if you your are wanting better resources as a parent on your rights and the schools system, as well as just information on schools options or support in the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s important for grantors and donors to know that Love Your School is a great resource without it there would many parents and children who are not getting the resources and education they need. Schools have loopholes and unfortunately a lot of families can easily become another statistic. We need places like Love Your School. Children impact our future and these services help our economy grow and prosper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a single parent of 2 daughters. I reached out to Love Your School,\u00a0\u00a0looking for assistance in finding my daughter a school that would better suit her needs. I thought she had a learning disability but didn\u2019t know what resources I could utilize to get her the help she needed. The school she was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-stories"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t