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Dear Dr. Janet Elder and Child Study Team,
This letter is in regards to my nine-year-old daughter Valerie Mendez SID: 168809 who is currently in Ms. Jennifer Dembowski 4th grade class.
For the last couple of years, I have had concerns about Valerie’s education. As my child has grown older, I have realized that it is time for her to get an evaluation by the board of education. Therefore, I am requesting for my daughter to receive a formal evaluation by the Child Study Team for September 2016.
She was very engaged and eager to always learn. She always wanted to read, write, draw and interact with the other children. Despite her willingness, she would have difficulties with fine motor skills such as zippering her coat and lacing her shoes. At …show more content…

Valerie was evaluated for the second time and while in Busy Place in the Abbot program. By the Early Intervention Team of Jersey City During this time, the team stated that Valerie presented some delays and that if she did not grow out of them she would have to get evaluated after her 6th birthday.
Since 2011, Valerie has been enrolled in Christa McAuliffe, P.S. 28. Valerie was an excelling student in Pre-K and Kindergarten. During her time in P.S. 28, Valerie was receiving weekly support from the Reading Recovery Program with Ms. Farah to improve her reading level. Valerie’s reading skills dramatically improved. However, the program ended in first grade.
Valerie was doing wonderful with reading and comprehension. However, in October 2013 while in first grade, Valerie had an accident in school with a door severing her finger. She was out of school for about 2 weeks and when she came back it was no longer the engaged student that I saw in the beginning of that school year. After discussion with her teacher Mrs. O’Connor about possible evaluation, I was advised we should hold off on the evaluation because it could have been a phase due to the

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