He Drew Our Rescue Dog as Family—And the School Tried to Erase Him

grandparents. But right in the center, drawn with heavy, loving crayon strokes, was a big brown blob with one ear sticking up and the other flopped down.

Underneath it, in messy block letters, he had written: BARNABY.

Across the drawing, there was a red note from his teacher, Mrs. Gable: “Incorrect. Biology only. Please redo.”

I looked at Leo. “What happened,continue reading …