HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — As a teacher, Andrea Lee thought she knew how to ensure her children had access to education guaranteed by law in Michigan.

But she’s the one who’s received a tough education, filing more than two dozen complaints and four legal grievances over the Howell Public Schools’ treatment of her three children with disabilities.

The mother of six has spent more than a year battling with the district over services for her children, her input on their education plans, the lack of make-up education services for one child and the accuracy and completeness district-provided student progress information.

“As a teacher, I truly believed in the system,” said Lee, who has previously taught special education through a staffing company.

“I believed in the ethics. I believed, I truste

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