They Picked the Wrong Mother
A Mother's Fight for Her Son's Educational RightsBy Cheri Amour MahanRecorded TrackLength5h 26m
About this audiobook
When Weston Public Schools told Cheri Amour Mahan there was no place for her son Shane, she didn't accept it. For seven years she documented everything — every email, every unanswered question, every decision made without her. They had attorneys. She had the truth.
They Picked the Wrong Mother is a memoir and a manual. It is the story of one mother's fight for her son's right to attend his own neighborhood school — and a guide for every parent who has ever been told to sit down, trust the system, and stop asking questions.
Shane graduated on time. He is now a college student and football player. The fight continues.
You are not just part of your child's IEP team. You are the chair of it.
Audiobook details
GenreEducation and Learning
Length5 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateFeb 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Prologue: Cheri Amour
3Chapter 1: The First Crack in the Trust
4Weston, Massachusetts
5The Second Floor Conference Room
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6What They Saw and What I Saw
7What I Didn't Know Yet
8Chapter 2: The Outplacement Trap
9The Line They Use
10The Classroom
11Twenty-Five Minutes Each Way
12Laundry Day
13Number 61
14What I Was Doing the Rest of the Time
15Doing It Alone
16What That Year Made Me
17Chapter 3: Dearest Midge
18Dearest Midge — April 7, 2022
19Jake's Call
20Twelve Minutes
21The Parking Lot
22What Happened to Midge
23The Worst Mistake I Ever Made
24Chapter 4: Screaming Into the Void
25No Cohort
26Independence Day
27Four Questions
28The People Who Actually Helped
29He Does Not Have a Guidance Counselor
3034 of Many
31What the Void Taught Me
32Chapter 5: Enter the Antagonist
33The Director of Student Services
34The Zoom Meeting
35The Threat
36The Enrollment That Wasn't Ready
37The Investigation That Found Nothing
38Cold, Unemotional, Untouchable
39Chapter 6: The Gridiron Sanctuary
40Who He Was Out There
41Under the Lights
42Voted
43What the Field Gave Him
44The Bulldogs
45What the Cognitive Dissonance Tells You
46Chapter 7: The Paper Trail
47What These Letters Actually Were
48Breaking It Down Section by Section
49Shane's Own Words
50Learning to Speak Their Language
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