Chris Leggat via Unsplash I’m writing in support of Phaedra Dunn and Melanie Deysher for our Board of Education. I’ve been involved in schools since 2010. This history, along with my experiences as a Montclair parent, has let me see some of the best and some of the worst that this town has to offer. […]
To the editor — My son, 14 years old and severely autistic, will be put under to have his G-tube replaced. Whenever we do this, we try to include any and all doctors who need work, ie teeth cleaning and bloodwork. This go-around, his psychiatrist who orders blood work informed my wife that he would […]
Both she and Sarah Wilkins, WCF’s director of education early years and children with disabilities, will be getting directly involved in individual cases “to reassure them that we’re picking things up, we’re understanding, as the most senior managers responsible, and that we are going to make the changes”.
My family moved to West Bend two years ago and as a conservative mother of five young children, one of whom has special needs, I feel a lot needs to be done to make this a district that parents like me feel comfortable in to send their children. I believe it is the job of […]
Flora and Jenny Rose Hello, dear readers. Today’s post pays homage to Gayle DeLong, from her eldest, Jennifer Rose. Gayle died on January 5, 2022 after battling breast cancer. Jenny wrote a great book called “It’s Not a Perfect World, But I’ll Take It”. This tribute is certainly another chapter in the journey of a […]
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Published: 11/5/2021 7:00:04 AM It was disturbing to read that the decline in student test scores in some school districts was particularly pronounced among low-income, special needs and minority students. (Monitor, October 30th) The reaction of our education officer was also worrying. He never missed an opportunity to denigrate public schools and divert money from […]
According to OSPI, enrollment in the Northshore School District decreased 2.4% in the 2020-21 school year from 2019-20. The enrollment of students in special education decreased much more: 11.8%. I know parents who withdrew their children from special education because they were tired of arguing with the county about placement in a distance learning setting […]
From James Lyons-Weiler PhD: By: James Lyons HamletDate: Wed, September 1, 2021 at 2:39 pmSubject: cycle threshold distributionsTo: CC: , Dear Doctor. Campbell, I speak to Dr. Poland, as it recently interpreted your report uncritically in such a way that the risk of re-infection in unvaccinated people is higher than in vaccinated people in a […]
This week, Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lauren Williams discuss a Prudie letter: “Trusting Other Parents” Jenée Desmond-Harris: Hello! So we talked about it offline and you mentioned that as the parent of two black kids with white teachers and classmates, you never cared about these things. Talk about it … Lauren Williams: I grew up in […]
This ad for a probiotic was on my Facebook feed yesterday. Look at the word used to describe the product: It is NOT a “cure” for autism. I replied politely but firmly from the universe that autism is treatable. Can you think of any other serious medical diagnosis for which “cure” is forbidden? I wasn’t […]
You just don’t get it. Please, I beg you – hear the despair in these words. The last year has completely exhausted me and you are not helping. I get it. You have a business to run and I have a job to do. Hell, I enjoy doing this job, but there has to be […]
