By Alice Doyel Guest blogger Many students who require special education services are fearful at school, anxious they may get suspended or worse. “Feeling like they are always on the edge of being blamed for things that weren’t their fault.”[1] Most parents are uncertain about what to do. Will fighting the school for their … Read more Attorney Chris Williams on How and Why School Exclusions Happen
By Alice Doyel Guest blogger I kept a 13-year-old boy out of school for half of his second semester of 7th grade! I did not keep this young teenager out of school for homeschooling nor for the online public school program. I kept him out of school to be safe from receiving numerous unwarranted … Read more Meet Alice Doyel, Legal Guardian of a Public School Student
In the summer and fall of 2019, the Investing in Student Potential coalition conducted eight regional listening sessions with partners across Washington in Olympia, Walla Walla, Tri-Cities, Yakima, Spokane, Vancouver, Burien, and Bellingham. The sessions were a venue for community members to share their experiences with special education in Washington state and their vision for … Read more What we’ve learned from a statewide listening tour on special education (Part two)