Faces of Freedom – Isabella

Faces of Freedom – Isabella

I am an educator by trade, so seeing my daughter, Isabella, struggle in school hurt my heart. When she started the third grade, we transferred her from an academically advanced public charter school to my home school, a public elementary school. I was SURE she would...
Faces of Freedom – Ian

Faces of Freedom – Ian

This is my son, Ian. He started school at Compass Academy in 2019 for his 5th grade year. Ian has Autism, ADHD, Dysgraphia, a Chromosomal Microdeletion, Cognitive delays, low IQ, and so on. He also has several health problems and currently sees seven specialists at...
Faces of Freedom – Harper

Faces of Freedom – Harper

My name is Britney Beumeler. My daughter, Harper, is a student in the Lower 2 class at Access Academy. This is Harper’s second year at Access. She is able to attend this school because of the Succeed Scholarship. Harper is a twin. She and her 6-year-old brother are...
Faces of Freedom – Gus

Faces of Freedom – Gus

After six months of trying to work with our public school district to transition our son from developmental pre-k to kindergarten, our son was denied an IEP. The school disregarded all of our concerns related to our sons disability, ignored all previous evaluations,...