{"id":5426,"date":"2011-08-30T04:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5426"},"modified":"2018-08-21T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T18:04:02","slug":"write-a-letter-to-the-school-to-request-an-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/write-a-letter-to-the-school-to-request-an-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Write a Letter to the School to Request an Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Write%20a%20Letter%20to%20the%20School%20to%20Request%20an%20Action\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Summer School Short Course<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Assignment #2: WRITE A LETTER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your assignment this week: <strong>Write a short, one page letter to the school to request an action.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before you write, answer these questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why am I writing? 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