MCPS halted her son’s wrestling career. No one will tell her why.

Neki Nettey walked into the Montgomery County Public Schools office lobby last week holding a green folder in one hand and her 4-year-old son’s hand in the other. Nettey did not have an appointment, but she told staff members she would not leave the building until she spoke with an MCPS official regarding a months-long case involving her 17-year-old son, Armon.

“I’m trying to get answers,” Nettey said. “I am his legal guardian, and I have a right to know what is going on. MCPS is not held to deadlines, and no one will talk to me.”

At the start of the school year, Armon transferred within the county from Sherwood to Springbrook. Armon was granted a Change of School Assignment (COSA) on the grounds that his family was experiencing a hardship; Neki is a single mother who started working later hours, so Armon now picks up his younger brother from a day care near Springbrook after school...

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