The Importance of In Person Learning
I’m writing as a concerned parent who would like to have her story read and understood. I would like to start by thanking Fairfax County Public Schools. I’m the mom of a 1st grade daughter on the autism spectrum. When she was 2 years old, she was evaluated by the county and also diagnosed on the spectrum by a developmental pediatrician at Children’s Hospital. Subsequentally, she was able to start special education preschool through the county at Dranesville Elementary. To say she benefitted from these early intervention services would be a huge understatement. These services allowed our daughter to grow, blossom and learn in a way that I previously thought would not be possible. My husband and I have both spent our whole lives in the area. He attended FCPS his entire school career and went on to graduate from Georgetown University. I attended both FCPS and LCPS and went on to graduate from George Mason University. As locals, we’ve always known we wanted to raise our children here,