When Amy Sparks and her husband opened School of Hope in Fayetteville, NC, they were doing more than establishing a school—they were preserving the legacy of their son Jarred, who had autism and passed away unexpectedly. “I had talked about this over 20 some years ago, and it came to fruition in 2017. And it was because we didn’t want Jarred’s memory or his legacy to die,” explains Amy. “We knew that this was the right thing to do.”
