I Francello McCoy was a parent that was fighting for school choice here in Missouri, because the school district in my area lost their accreditation.

The local newspaper read my story and interviewed my two daughters. Once the article was released the next day we received a call from a private school expressing their interest of allowing my daughters to enroll in their school.
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-8636607/Parents-thwarted-in-seeking-transfer.html

During my daughter first year she did well academically and played basketball. Please review, pull up the footage on youtube.com type in: “The great Netta.”

The school wrote me a letter about 3 weeks ago and said that they are withdrawing my daughter Fernetta out of the school because of academic and conduct.

In March of 2008, Fernetta had a head concussion that caused her to sit out a whole year from playing basketball. Her dreams went down the drain because of a foul accident of playing at a basketball tournament in Branson Missouri with her league outside the district of four years of dedication.

My daughter Fernetta became depress and had to orally take medication to sleep. She’s had to take physical therapy, an MRI cat scan, and weekly doctors visits due to her injuries.

Since then we have had to seek assistance from doctors and counselor, which all have helped Fernetta regain her coordination back, which appears to me to be too late according to Lutheran North administrators.

It is of my opinion that we need the school support in helping us to revitalize our daughter Fernetta’s hope to be restored in completing her education in an effort to fulfill her career goals.

We believe everyone deserves a second chance, hopefully Fernetta can.

I requested a meeting after receiving the bad news to met with the Principle of the school. In my opinion the meeting did not go to well, because the principle already made up in his mind that he was not going to accept her back in school .

My daughter wrote a letter and read it, which touch the principle heart. The principle said he will give the information to the Board and review it and give me call.

I waited three weeks for a decision only to have them reconsider to let her come back for the second semester, contingent on her obtaining a 3.0 GPA.

In the mean time we have enrolled her in a Tech school that is the only available school in my district or the non-accredited school.

I would like to rely on your wisdom and or advice as of what is my next step to advocate for my daughter education? I am writing a letter to request a meeting with the Board to obtain a copy of their minutes from the meeting of there final decision pertaining to my daughter.

Please contact me via phone at or feel free to send me an email frncllmccoy@yahoo.com.

In closing, I’d like to thank you for taking the time to listen from a parent who is crying out for someone to listen.

Respectfully yours,
Mrs. McCoy

We probably don’t qualify for scholarships because we make too much money, but continuing to pay for her schooling is going to send us to financial ruin. We’re not rich people – we pay our bills ourselves, and get no assistance – so we don’t qualify for anything.

What can we do to protect her and continue her education?