article_snippet: For the past three months John McDonald's, 6, has attended class at Middleton Elementary without his autism service dog, Kai, because of the impasse between the family and Sherwood School District.
article_snippet: Parents Jennifer and Scott McDonaldraised $13,500 to purchase Kai to help Parents Jennifer and Scott McDonald son who is nonverbal and has a tendency to run away when Kai gets anxious.
article_snippet: John McDonald's parents are at loggerheads with John McDonald's parents local school district in Sherwood, Oregon, which is refusing to provide a handler to oversee John McDonald's parents son's service dog Kai during class .
article_snippet: On Wednesday morning, John McDonald's took John McDonald's son and Kai to class in the hope that school staff would take Kai's leash and lead her son and Kai inside .
article_snippet: John McDonald, 6, has autism and so John McDonald parent's raised $13,500 to train Kai, a service dog who helps John McDonald to remain calm and safe .
article_snippet: On Wednesday morning, McDonald took McDonald son and Kai to class in the hope that school staff would take Kai's leash and lead her son and Kai inside.
highlights_snippet: John McDonald's parents are at loggerheads with John McDonald's parents local school district in Sherwood, Oregon, over John McDonald's parents son's service dog Kai .
  