My daughter has life-threatening food allergies. We have had horrible experiences with our school district. A special education attorney told me that the school district we our in, while noted for its academics, is so horrible for children with special needs, medical or educational, that I really need to move. The experiences with the school district have been brutal, ghastly, and highly illegal.
In any event, I went to a friend's house this afternoon. I told her the situation, and she said you have to move. She asked me our rental budget. I told her, and explained that we live in apartments owed by a church that operates the housing as a non-profit, providing housing for immigrants, single-parents, etc., at below-market rents. We probably pay $150 below market. Anyway, my friend suggested a neighboring town because it had a stellar reputation, both for academics and for special needs children. She showed me some possible apartments on Craigslist. She then told me she is looking at apartments $150-200 outside our budget because she said her and her husband don't mind kicking in a couple a hundred a month toward our rent.
I'm a single mom. I don't receive child support or any possibiliity of it. I have no family in the area. I receive social security disability. I make enough that I, thankfully, can provide basics for my children, and get extras through a lot of resourcefulness.
It just seems like so much to give someone. They are extremely wealthy. They live in a house that is practically a mansion, their daughters attend very costly private day schools, etc.
She said it makes them feel good to help me because they feel like their help has a beneficial impact.
I'm just blown out of the water. The stress of the brutal harassment by the school has been enormous. The thought of facing that year-after-year with the cost being my daughter could die by the school's mishandling, refusal to follow medical instructions, etc. scares me.
What do you think? Suggestions?
In any event, I went to a friend's house this afternoon. I told her the situation, and she said you have to move. She asked me our rental budget. I told her, and explained that we live in apartments owed by a church that operates the housing as a non-profit, providing housing for immigrants, single-parents, etc., at below-market rents. We probably pay $150 below market. Anyway, my friend suggested a neighboring town because it had a stellar reputation, both for academics and for special needs children. She showed me some possible apartments on Craigslist. She then told me she is looking at apartments $150-200 outside our budget because she said her and her husband don't mind kicking in a couple a hundred a month toward our rent.
I'm a single mom. I don't receive child support or any possibiliity of it. I have no family in the area. I receive social security disability. I make enough that I, thankfully, can provide basics for my children, and get extras through a lot of resourcefulness.
It just seems like so much to give someone. They are extremely wealthy. They live in a house that is practically a mansion, their daughters attend very costly private day schools, etc.
She said it makes them feel good to help me because they feel like their help has a beneficial impact.
I'm just blown out of the water. The stress of the brutal harassment by the school has been enormous. The thought of facing that year-after-year with the cost being my daughter could die by the school's mishandling, refusal to follow medical instructions, etc. scares me.
What do you think? Suggestions?