Brooklyn sits in a bay window on a road trip to Cambria and tries to keep up with her school work, even during summer. This photo was taken 2 years ago, in 2016. It's a painful reminder of the struggling that Brooke has suffered during her academic career at the charter school she attends, (River) Springs Charter School. This workbook represents the only phonics and decoding that she received. They're well written, but they're part of a program that consists of accompanying lessons, that were never provided. 2 years later, my girl is still struggling and has been identified as having a learning disability called dyslexia. 2 years later, I'm fighting a school district that does not want to allocate resources to help my daughter close the gap by providing the kind of intervention that has been scientifically proven to re mediate dyslexic learners. It's expensive and it must be implemented with fidelity by highly trained reading specialists, which they do not have. It's been an intensive journey since October and I'm in fighting mode for this girl. I've had to seek legal counsel and advocacy.
