A New Kind of Adventure Begins
Hendryx and Lucille on a trip to Mackinac Island - 2023 A new adventure has begun for our family...we pulled both our kids from public school. Lucille will be in the inaugural class at a new private school and Hendryx will be homeschooled. I honestly can't believe it myself. If you told me last year at this time we would be doing this, I would have laughed...or cried??? Yet here we are living out the absurdity of life about to set off on maybe our most exciting adventure to date. But first, let me share how we find ourselves on this uncharted path. Our son Hendryx is neurodivergent and requires additional interventions and supports in school. By federal law, public schools are required to provide him those accommodations and services under IDEA, or the Individuals with Disability Education Act. This guarantees he will receive a free and appropriate (and later added, "ambitious") education (FAPE). In Colorado, we worked with the school team to build a very comprehensive in...