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OFFICE ASSISTANT Job OverviewWiscarson Law provides legal services for special needs students in public school systems and ensures that they receive the services and accommodations required by law. Our office in Newberg has multiple attorneys and advocates – some working remotely in other parts of...

08/15/2023

We have moved! Our new office is located at 700 Deborah Road, Suite 260 in Newberg Oregon.

09/29/2022

https://www.spectrumlife.org/blog/what-to-put-in-your-toolbox-before-starting-the-new-school-year-846

Whether your child is starting the school year in the same district or in a new one, their school district must provide them with a Free Appropriate Public Education. This article from Diane Wiscarson and Carly Cannon helps parents ensure that their child receives a FAPE by teaching the ABC's and D:...

08/19/2022

Mail Tribune published an article on August 15, 2022, regarding a triumph by a family, represented by Wiscarson Law, over Medford School District in a Due Process Hearing. The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found that the District had violated the Student’s right to a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) between 2019-2021. The District was ordered to reimburse the family $91,223.61 for the cost of sending the Student to a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) in Utah. The article discusses Wiscarson Law’s legal team, the District’s legal team, and the Guardian’s reactions to the order.

A judge has ordered the Medford School District to pay for the costs of a student’s schooling in Utah after finding that school officials here failed to provide an adequate education to a former South...

06/24/2022

KATU News aired the fourth part of its story on high school Student, Sequoia Chavez, and her Mother, Kelly Gutierrez’s, fight for Sequoia's education. KATU News reports that the Lincoln County School District is currently on the hook for over $632,000 in legal fees. Those legal fees are only expected to increase, as the District has filed a lawsuit against Sequoia and Kelly, in an effort to have Sequoia return to schooling in the District. The report also talks about a Motion for Summary Judgment, which was recently filed by Wiscarson Law on behalf of Sequoia, that would dismiss the District’s lawsuit against Sequoia and Kelly, allowing Sequoia to continue attending school at the Lathem Center in Massachusetts.

The family of Sequoia Chavez, a student with a rare genetic condition, just filed a new motion against her school district on the Oregon Coast.

06/13/2022

In the Summer 2022 issue of SpectrumLife Magazine, Diane Wiscarson and Carly Cannon walk families through the process of statewide assessments and college entrance exams. The article discusses whether or not students have to participate in statewide assessments to graduate and what alternatives to statewide assessments are available in Oregon and Washington. Additionally, the article goes through how to arrange accommodations for students in their statewide assessments and college entrance exams.

View the article pages 32-34 in the Summer 2022 issue here:

Learn how students can request accommodations for standardized exams like the ACT, SAT and AP Tests while they are in high school.

06/10/2022

In the Spring 2022 issue of SpectrumLife Magazine, Diane Wiscarson and Taylar Lewis explain what obligations school districts have to students – even when they lack staff to provide services to students. The article offers a series of suggestions that parents can follow to obtain make-up services for students who were denied services as a result of the unavailability of staff. The article defines how school districts provide these make-up services through what is referred to as “compensatory services.”

View the article pages 36-37 in the Spring 2022 issue here:

Staffing shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted special education students’ ability to access their education, gain educational benefit, and make progress on their IEP goals. What is a school district's responsibility?

05/27/2022

KATU's Project Education has uncovered more information about a 'proposed separate school' for a student with a rare genetic condition that is currently costing an Oregon Coast district roughly $150,000 per year to educate. Sources tell KATU News that the Arcadia School in Toledo is the proposed loc...

05/27/2022

"The question here is, what is the least restrictive environment? "The answer may decide the costly court battle between a student and school district on the Oregon Coast. PART 1 - School district, parent in legal battle over child's $300k per year educationKATU's Project Education investigated an o...

05/18/2022

https://katu.com/news/project-education/school-district-parent-in-legal-battle-over-childs-300000-per-year-education

A school district and mother on the Oregon Coast are in the midst of a years-long court battle over the education of her daughter, who suffers from a rare genetic condition. And while the courts have ruled in the mother’s favor, the school district – citing costs and a "restrictive envir...

12/04/2021

Thank you to Spectrum Life Magazine for publishing this wonderful article about us!

Wiscarson Law empowers families to balance the scales of justice when it comes to Special Education Law and Disability Advocacy.