amandastraub
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
My daughter is five years old and getting ready to go into Kindergarten this fall. In March we entered her into a lottery drawing at a local Charter School because it is close to the daycare she and her younger brother currently attend. She made the list, and was accepted into the Charter School, however once we received her schedule and were informed of the costs associated with the before and after school program, we realized it was not financially manageable for us. Thus, we began to explore other options, knowing we were running out of time.
There are two schools in the school district we reside in. One offers a free before and after school program, except for Wednesdays which are always minimum days, and the other charges for their before and after school program. Knowing this, we decided to file for a district transfer request to a school that is located in the district we work in and also offers a free before and after school program five days a week (even on minimum days).
Aside from us working in that district, and attending college in that district, our youngest also attends daycare five days a week in that district. However, even with all of our reasons, our district transfer was denied due to “lack of hardship”.
We have decided to appeal the denial, as we feel we are being forced to send our daughter to a school that is way out of the way, location wise, and far too expensive for us. We also really do not like the fact that she would be a half hour away from us, should any kind of emergency occur, and she will be offered much less in the form of curriculum and extracurricular activities.
The superintendent informed us that the Board we will be making the appeal to is going to deny the request, too, and that she is going to seek legal advice to find out if there is any way for her to prevent us from appealing the Board after they tell us no.
I need advice. I feel trapped and quite frustrated over all of this. If we do end up having to send our daughter to the school in our district of residence, one of us will have to drastically cut down our hours at work to be able to pick her up and drop her off as we cannot afford the care before and after school (which also might result in a loss of benefits, or a job altogether).
My daughter is five years old and getting ready to go into Kindergarten this fall. In March we entered her into a lottery drawing at a local Charter School because it is close to the daycare she and her younger brother currently attend. She made the list, and was accepted into the Charter School, however once we received her schedule and were informed of the costs associated with the before and after school program, we realized it was not financially manageable for us. Thus, we began to explore other options, knowing we were running out of time.
There are two schools in the school district we reside in. One offers a free before and after school program, except for Wednesdays which are always minimum days, and the other charges for their before and after school program. Knowing this, we decided to file for a district transfer request to a school that is located in the district we work in and also offers a free before and after school program five days a week (even on minimum days).
Aside from us working in that district, and attending college in that district, our youngest also attends daycare five days a week in that district. However, even with all of our reasons, our district transfer was denied due to “lack of hardship”.
We have decided to appeal the denial, as we feel we are being forced to send our daughter to a school that is way out of the way, location wise, and far too expensive for us. We also really do not like the fact that she would be a half hour away from us, should any kind of emergency occur, and she will be offered much less in the form of curriculum and extracurricular activities.
The superintendent informed us that the Board we will be making the appeal to is going to deny the request, too, and that she is going to seek legal advice to find out if there is any way for her to prevent us from appealing the Board after they tell us no.
I need advice. I feel trapped and quite frustrated over all of this. If we do end up having to send our daughter to the school in our district of residence, one of us will have to drastically cut down our hours at work to be able to pick her up and drop her off as we cannot afford the care before and after school (which also might result in a loss of benefits, or a job altogether).
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