Kalinda Wendt
Staff attorney, discipline and 504 plans
Kalinda takes the calls that start with “the school just called.” She makes the first day less lonely.
Kalinda handles suspensions, expulsion hearings and 504 plans. She learned that most discipline problems are won or lost in the first few days, on paper, so she spends those days on the phone with parents.
She writes the clinic’s guide to the first day after a suspension.
Works on
- Suspension and expulsion hearings
- 504 plans
- Returning to class
Credentials
Bar admissions
State Bar of Michigan
2013
Courts
State trial and appeals courts
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Education
Michigan State University College of Law
J.D., 2012
Languages
English
What she tells parents first
Write it down tonight. Dates, names, words. Everything after that is easier when there is a page to point to.
She prepares parents for hearings by walking through the room, the order of speakers, and the questions they can ask.
Want Kalinda to read your papers?
Send the notice, the plan or the report, and say who you’d like to hear from.