We are Barbara and Ben Hardesty, grandparents and guardians of Joseph Woods, whom we would like to enroll into Aaron Academy. Joseph is a 17 year old young man who would like to graduate High School and continue his education at College. Joseph has been expelled from Metro Nashville Public Schools, Cane Ridge High School, recently. We are appealing his expulsion, but even if we are successful in his appeal we, and he, feel it is in his best interest to begin home schooling for his education. It is our opinion that allthough MNPS has great intentions in educating the youth of Nashville, they are not succeding in Joseph's case. Joseph has been diagnosed with ADHD and has a specific learning disorder with math calculation and problem solving. We believe by home schooling Joseph we will be able to bring out his best, and better prepare him for a post secondary education, and life in general.
We have relayed the story of Joseph's expulsion to other staff members, but will retell you the unfortunate circumstances here. On Feb. 3rd, as students were changing classes, several young ladies began to argue. Another young lady, Olivia, who is like a sister to Joseph, tried to intervene between the young ladies in order to keep the argument from becoming a fight. A school Administrator arriving at the scene assumed Olivia was instigating a fight, and went to restrain her. Joseph, having heard the commotion, ran back to the scene where he saw the Administrator restraining Olivia. As Joseph …show more content…
Joseph is our grandson and we have legal custody of he, and his 3 younger sisters, because they were removed from their parents care because of domestic violence. Joseph lived his early life in a home where the main authority figure abused him, his mother,and his siblings. There are many things I could add, but for Joseph to face the situation he faced in the above incident, we believe he did the right thing, in the wrong
We have relayed the story of Joseph's expulsion to other staff members, but will retell you the unfortunate circumstances here. On Feb. 3rd, as students were changing classes, several young ladies began to argue. Another young lady, Olivia, who is like a sister to Joseph, tried to intervene between the young ladies in order to keep the argument from becoming a fight. A school Administrator arriving at the scene assumed Olivia was instigating a fight, and went to restrain her. Joseph, having heard the commotion, ran back to the scene where he saw the Administrator restraining Olivia. As Joseph …show more content…
Joseph is our grandson and we have legal custody of he, and his 3 younger sisters, because they were removed from their parents care because of domestic violence. Joseph lived his early life in a home where the main authority figure abused him, his mother,and his siblings. There are many things I could add, but for Joseph to face the situation he faced in the above incident, we believe he did the right thing, in the wrong