my letter to a lawyer...do u think i have a case?

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The school and the district has been giving me problems since day one. My child Priscilla is Mentally Challenged and needs to be in an appropriate and more structure environment like a Day Treatment Program. They constantly closed doors on me for whatever reasons. I called the police because she's a mild retardation teenager who is on medication and keeps running away once she meets boys. She's left and skipped school plenty of times. Boys seem to be a part of Priscilla problem and I explained this to Priscillas Principal. I told her clearly that P754, (which is the school my daughter attends) is not the right setting for her and they continued to close doors on me. So the principal agreed to give Priscilla a Para, (which is an escort) to actually escort her through the School, even during lunch. My daughter can not be alone on her own. I clearly expressed that to her Principal. My daughter dazes off and blocks out even on medication. The Escort calls me around 2 yesterday afternoon and tells me that my daughter left the building. I've been having this problem for two years at her school because they are not taking her or myself seriously. Now my daughter left and who knows if she's in danger, God knows with who and it's all the schools fault for not taking this issue serious .I get really nervous because I cant even trust her in school. But if I don't allow her to go then I look like the bad parent for trying to protect my daughter. Is it going to take something tragic to open there eyes? I love my daughter enough to say that I don't want her on the receiving end of that. I want to files a suit against everyone involved for not following the terms that the education system and myself agreed to. Mind you, I had a letter sent to me regarding the assistance of the Escort. That letter isn't worth the paper it's written on. If it was, My daughter would be where she needs to be on the course of the regular school day. Again, My daughter suffers from Mild Retardation and the school is well aware of that. I did everything possible to try and put her in a Day Treatment Program, but honestly? I don't think the system took her well being into consideration.
i need a lawyer that can sue my child's school/district and everyone that closed doors on me including her psychologist because he told the ACS that he wasn't getting paid for it. i need a lawyer to sue or can gather a civil litigation attorney. It may be vague but i really need your help please help me i don't understand where was the security guards when this incident happened this is not the 1st time she leaves that building mind you she left at 2 where all the kids were still in class i wonder what security left her leave when she's not right in her mind this has been happening for 2 years in that school and no one would help me they promise me a day treatment program for her and to be honest i'm still waiting i don't think that school is responsible .. i went every where for help i even went to ACS myself and they told me they couldn't do anything because the problem wasn't at home then i went to court to file a PINS petition and they denied it because she's on medication so i went to school so i can transfer her to a day treatment a/s/a/p and they didn't take me serious ...it leads me to you to see if u can help me sue these people.im tired of crying and asking for help .u are my last hope god bless thank you.
 
There are some questions. Where was the aide? Was the aide directed to watch over the child? do you have an IEP on which it says that the aide was to keep in eye contact with the child? If so, then the school contracted with you to have an aide with your daughter and to keep in contact with her. Then you may have a suit.

You need to get an attorney but you need one well versed in school law and in ADA law. The average attorney will be of little use to you.

You can get an attorney and seek to have her sent to a daycare treatment facility where there are locks, etc. However, I represented teachers at an MR/DD and they were still managing to get outside at times.

It is a difficult issue. If the person had lunch and it was during the down time, then was the school required to have a replacement? You need to ask the attorney that.

Good luck.
 
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