TO THE EDITOR:
After reading the article about the State Board of Education deciding not to renew PACE Academy’s charter, I am convinced that, along with our governor, the board truly does not have our children’s success as its main concern.
My daughter attended PACE to finish her senior year because she suffered from anxiety and depression bouts, due to bullying.
We did not find this out until her junior year, when one of those anxiety attacks sent her to the hospital.
Our daughter tried hard to attend school, but the attacks would set in as she got ready to leave for school.
She made it through her junior year at East Chapel Hill High School, began her senior year and was one week into it when the attacks started happening again.
I had to scramble to find some sort of solution for her to finish high school. The resources in our area are extremely limited, and most other schools did not have any places for new transfer students.
I then found out about PACE through a friend whose child had similar issues.
PACE opened its doors to us, and my daughter and I were immediately struck by its friendly, relaxed attitude and willingness to create a way for our daughter to complete her degree.
