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Maria will be here on Tues. or Wed. so try to straighten up for her… .

Dear Mr. P.

I am writing regarding my son Stephen Digges. We are requesting that you allow him a waiver of his absences, which have exceeded the allotted twenty for the year. The courses in which he has exceeded twenty absences are listed on the waiver sheet.

Stephen has had a difficult but exciting and rewarding year. To begin, I was unaware, until his Accounting teacher Mr. H mentioned the possibility to me in conference this past fall, that Stephen, as a student with attention deficit disorder, could be part of ARHS's IEP. I had consulted with Ms. M last spring about Stephen's clinical and psychological evaluations through his therapist, but I was not told at that time that in the public schools such a program existed.

I would add that since January I have also employed a tutor who works with Stephen four hours a week.

I hope that you will carefully consider Stephen's progress, his maturity, and his recent upswing toward achievement. It would be a terrible shame for him to lose credit because of his absences. He is a spirited and gifted child who has taken a little longer than most to find his way… .

Dear Mr. C,

Thanks so much for your recent letter. Enclosed are Trevor's transcripts for this year to date, his basic skills tests, and a photo.

Your concern about his academic status is on the mark! And after talking again with his guidance counselor this morning, this is the situation. If Trevor successfully completes his credits at Wolfeboro he will be close to moving on to junior status. But he will still be lacking in credits if and when he has completed his work at Wolfeboro. Perhaps another summer school (at Wolfeboro again next summer?) will bring him up to his appropriate class standing.

I wanted you to know that I have spoken with the Educational and Instructional Director at ARHS to BE SURE that all credits from Wolfeboro will transfer back, and there is absolutely no problem on this. It might help, however, were you to call Mr. P as you offered, to confirm. Many times this year we have felt as if we were pushing against a system that, no doubt unintentionally, overlooked Trevor's needs. No IEP was in place for him, etc., and it took us nearly the whole year to see that through.

Though Trev has done poorly in school, a healing has and continues to take place in him, and as I tell him, this year he got an A in life! He has been feeling much better about himself, has always been wholly cooperative within the household, and now I begin to see a joy in living come through his eyes! He is VERY excited and committed to the Wolfeboro Program.

We look forward to hearing from you regarding a schedule, and many, many thanks for all you have done and continue to do.

Sincerely…

P.S. Trev is scheduled for his physical on Mon., May 15, so as soon as we have all the documentation I'll send this on. I am also hoping that the state will help to fund some of Trevor's tuition and have been working hard at this end to see this through, so if monies come in in fits and starts, please be patient! We will have it paid in full as soon as possible!

Dear Attorney Whitney,

I want to thank you once again for coming to Steve's aid. I would add that with this exception, he has done so very well in getting his life straightened out. He has worked hard in school and made the honor roll this semester!

Recall that his probation was completed a year and a half ago and since then there has been no trouble with the law until now. During his probation, as you remember, he did community service at the planetarium. I have copies of his work papers on file.

I should tell you too that Steve successfully completed driver's retraining education last spring at Holyoke Community College.

Secondly, though he had not paid the fees to reinstate his license, he had not driven during his 60-day suspension. This incident followed that 60-day period.

Also, the policeman who arrested him said that