@mathyone - Not sure why you think I would lie about us moving our daughter in and out of Santa Cruz wouldn’t cost $1,000. Why would I exagerate that? What point would their be? To rent a minivan in the town I used to live in was $99 a day plus all the phoney-baloney charges, so typically around 339. Gas would run anywhere from 225 to 290 depending on what the current prices were in CA at the time. Lodging was typically around 175 or more. Throw in some meals, whether Dennys or fast food and it starts pushing the 1,000 mark. And find cheaper lodging? I got the cheapest rate I could while attaining overnight housing near UCSC so I could ensure she was settled and felt comfortable with me leaving. The first year that meant staying 2 nights.
You ask why it is I can afford an attorney but not be able to afford moving my daughter back and forth to SC. Not sure as to how I would afford an attorney; perhaps all I would need is a letter to be heard, I don’t know, and hopefully that wouldn’t cost much. I’ve lost or sold anything of value, but still have some jewelry that belonged to my g-mother and would sell that in a heart beat to help my kid if I needed to help pay for attorney’s fees. I needed help from a lawyer about a year ago and he and my husband bartered services.
—Some other person commented that I’m expecting the school to accomodate my kid by kicking someone else out of their single. I don’t expect that at all! I don’t have some self-righteous deal going on!! So far the double is working pretty well, but there are lots of moments I spend on the phone helping her through her anxiety. The reason I’m upset with the school is because she has already been told no for next year. The director wants more documentation before she will tell housing to give her a single and that’s what annoys me. I just supplied her with 15 pages of it. She never offered any other solutions. She simply wrote a one line email that basically said no. Putin has a warmer heart than this broad.
I really appreciate all the kind folks who reached out to me here and through PMs. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine when I posted this the other day that what I wrote would spark so much hostility. I was really hoping to connect with parents who have fought the disability office and maybe had solutions or suggestions. I don’t have some ego problem that provokes me to lie to cushion my story, and I’m not so self-absorbed that I think my little kitten deserves her own turret. I’m just a mom that is doing my best to see that my kid gets the education she deserves in the surroundings she needs. If that makes me a b!tch then so be it.
I’m out. Best wishes to you all!