School

There was Emily tonight supporting her school and where are the school? Are they behind her? Hell no! They can't even make a safe environment for Emily so that she can go back to school. It's been almost 3 weeks since Emily came home and still they sit on their hands. At one point the Principal stood 2 feet away and totally ignored us and this wasn't lost on Emily. She turned to me and said " the sad thing is that I'm old enough to know what my principal just did and that really hurt my feelings". My son's school did a whole page dedication in the year book for a little boy who had a car accident earlier this year and like Emily had to learn to walk again. Emily's school did nothing. No banner, no "you go girl", no kind words from the principal or councelor during her month in hospital. I know she saw us, I also know she saw us last Friday when we dropped off paperwork. She couldn't get into her room fast enough. Shame on her.

My daughter has a disability and I know my rights. I also know that Keller ISD has the worst track record for this type of situation and that this " No child gets left behind" policy is totally BS. A suggestion was made that I home school Emily but I refuse. A huge component of Emily's recovery is to go and mix with her peers in a setting away from home. With the correct drug combination and help from the school to ensure that she doesn't get a pressure sore, I see no reason why she be just like any other kid. Obviously we'll have to modify gym for her and make sure that she gets safely to lunch and other classes but that shouldn't be that hard. The school is obligated to do this by law.

I am so tired. I'm tired of always having to fight to get anywhere. To this day it amazes me that people know what we've been through over the last 6 months and yet they still try to make my life as hard as possible. Maybe what they fail to understand is that with every hurdle I have become stronger and I am not done yet, I still have plenty of fight left in me.