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Stone Soup
By Jan Eliot
Sarah's Scribbles
By Sarah Andersen
Little Fried Chicken and Sushi
By Khalid Birdsong
Ozy and Millie
By Dana Simpson
Maria's Day
By John Zakour and Scott Roberts
Wrong Hands
By John Atkinson
F Minus
By Tony Carrillo
Boomerangs
By Jack Pullan
Ten Cats
By Graham Harrop
Adam@Home
By Rob Harrell
Dog Eat Doug
By Brian Anderson
Thatababy
By Paul Trap
FoxTrot Classics
By Bill Amend
Flo and Friends
By Jenny Campbell
Ink Pen
By Phil Dunlap
Off the Mark
By Mark Parisi
Half Full
By Maria Scrivan
Harley
By Dan Thompson
Peanuts
By Charles Schulz
Phoebe and Her Unicorn
By Dana Simpson
Stone Soup Classics
By Jan Eliot
Garfield
By Jim Davis
Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog
By Jonathan Mahood
Rose is Rose
By Don Wimmer and Pat Brady
Arlo and Janis
By Jimmy Johnson
Wizard of Id
By Parker and Hart
Baldo
By Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos
Breaking Cat News
By Georgia Dunn
Candorville
By Darrin Bell
Cathy Classics
By Cathy Guisewite
For Better or For Worse
By Lynn Johnston
Luann
By Greg Evans
JumpStart
By Robb Armstrong
Dilbert Classics
By Scott Adams
Working Daze
By John Zakour and Scott Roberts
B.C.
By Mastroianni and Hart
Calvin and Hobbes
By Bill Watterson
Non Sequitur
By Wiley Miller
Broom Hilda
By Russell Myers
Pickles
By Brian Crane
PreTeena
By Allison Barrows
She was badly discouraged. She thought she would need to find a bad high school because she wasn’t able to learn. The staff pushed her off her special education IEP as fast as humanly possible (they tried to do it mid-year, but her 5th grade teacher refused). They told her she never should have been on an IEP (which was NOT true – they had no idea how far she had progressed). Then they refused to provide any classroom supports, and failed to follow through on supports we got teachers to agree on for more than two weeks at a time. She was simultaneously told that she would never learn to spell because she was dyslexic and that she just needed to study harder on the spelling tests. One week, she studied three hours for the spelling quiz and still failed to get a passing grade. I had met with two people about accommodations for her in October and BOTH of them told me in the spring that we had never met and they had no idea she needed help!
We have switched to a normal public school now, and she is getting great support and encouragement, even without a formal plan in place for her needs. Her learning has improved by leaps and bounds.