My children attend a Baltimore City Charter school and I am being charged with 2 counts of Truancy. I have a 10 yr old who has adhd/odd and anxiety disorder. I also have a 6yr old who has no known disability. My son has 504 plan and I requested an IEP meeting. The problem is that procedures were not followed for my son or daughter to address the issue before the referral had been made. I have reviewed there attendance reccords which arent accurate, for various reasons and I have physically been present in the school for at least 50 school days this year. I believe that this is partial retaliation for complaints that I placed to the school board, and the other because I associate with 2parents that he has disputes with over there special needs children. I am a Mom who is ADHD-and suffers from occassional depression, and now I have just developed a Thyroid problem. Most of my sons absences should be exscused because they are Dr. appt., the others are medication related a few would be for issues related to his anxiety, the others are simply incorrect. My daughter however does have a few unexscused absences because she would have had to go with me for her brothers appt. Unfourtunatly there are times where she was a casualty. The school was very aware of everything. There is more that could be said but it would only be different variations of the same. I need someone who can handle both charges, they will need to be empathetic. I have been unable to formulate a complete thought for weeks, and it has been impossible to explain to someone who isnt familiar with what its like to feel inadequate. I have never needed some one to defend me or my children but I believe that this is bigger than me.

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