Special education student lawyer Michelle Ball helps parents with special education problems throughout California. As a special education attorney for students Michelle can help students in towns such as Moreno Valley, Fremont, Anaheim, Auburn, Tahoe, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities.
Parents may sometimes feel like they are in the Twilight Zone, when it comes to school expulsions. One day, life is rosy, a student at home has a 4.0 gpa (grade point average), has college and job goals, friends, and is into sports. The world may come crashing down with
NOTE: This case was overruled. In 2014, Judge Rolf M. Treu, Superior Court of California, in Vergara v. State of California (2014) determined that our teacher tenure, seniority and dismissal laws (California Education Code 44921(b), 44934, 44938(b)(1) 44944, and 44955 ) are unconstitutional as they breach California students’ rights to a quality education.
Parents may be surprised upon receiving a phone call that a student was being suspended or expelled for providing a “drug” to another student. What if later, the purported “drug,” is actually not a drug at all, the student only pretended it was? Maybe the student just “possessed” the fake
Lies harm people and their reputations. Malicious lies can cause some people to end up in jail, and others to lose a job or piles of money. But what about kids? They are just kids, right? Nothing can come of their lies? Unfortunately, this is far from the truth. Students
Bullying at school is certainly in the news. I remember when a twelve year old leapt to her death after allegedly being bullied for a year. Student suicide after bullying is a tragedy. Unfortunately, suicide after bullying is not uncommon. The fact bullying and cyberbullying occur alone are not enough
After a student is suspended from school for a serious offense, sometimes parents are told they have to attend another meeting before the student can return to school. This initial meeting is usually a suspension extension or pre-expulsion meeting. What Is This Meeting? A suspension extension/pre-expulsion meeting is a meeting
With the raging hot sun in California, sun exposure is a serious concern for many parents. Consequences from sunburns can be painful and potentially dangerous. Can public schools deny students the ability to carry sunscreen or other sun-protection gear on campus? Generally, no. State Law Permits Sun Protection in Schools
You may have noticed recently that the age of students in kindergarten is increasing. Soon, all kindergartners will be required to be 5 years old by September 1 the year they enter kindergarten. This is because the birthday month for admission has been steadily moving backwards. California Education Code §48000 is the
Communication is such an important factor in life and can be the reason endeavors succeed or fail. It is no less important in the school setting. However, time and again I find myself speaking with parents who have hit a barrier in communicating with a student’s school. Perhaps the
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