Letter I sent to Shenandoah.

Linda McGalliard,



Cassidy and Nathan Atkins will not be coming back to Shenandoah this fall. I have relocated to Anderson and will not be able to send them there. I thought I should tell you since Cassidy is a "special needs" child and you were going to have to get her an aid. That will no longer be necessary.



The school was very hesitant to take her into Kindergarten, did not offer special education programs and would have had to send her all the way to New Castle. I cannot drive her there and she cannot take a bus that far.



Her bus driver last year, Dianne was unwilling to drive her to school. I had to take her every day. I cannot do that every day to New Castle. I got the feeling she wouldn't have been welcome at Shenandoah very long from the attitudes at my last meeting with the staff.



Anderson has more to offer her. It is sad because Nathan was so happy there.



Thank you,



Kim Atkins

(Cassidy's Mother)


ps. Please let Kathy Miller know and thank her for all of her support.

New School!

I went to the Anderson School Corporation Administration building today and talked to the Special Education Department. It was very cool. They are not sending Cassidy to Erskine at all.

Nathan will be there but they will send Cassidy to Robinson, which is just up the street from where I work. It's an all-day/5 day kindergarten with only 6 kids. Half of the class is autistic. They will be trying to slowly move her into a regular kindergarten class.

I register her the Monday the 15th. I feel very relieved that I have a good place to send Cassidy. A bus will pick her up and drop her off at my door just like in Daleville (short bus).

This arrangement with Cassidy takes a serious amount of pressure off of me. Cassidy needs some more help before being forced into a regular class. The drugs are making a huge difference but she had no school all summer and that was hard on her. This will gently ease her back into school.

She has a good school now and a great doctor...I feel like I can finally breathe.