Autistic Student Missing From Chisholm/Tyler

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the sped coordinator there still have initials DD?

...don't get me started

How could she still be there without being fired?

What has she done to be fired?

If you are told a student has gone missing you should be calling 911 not talking about relocating them to another school UNTIL found!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see on the news that a student with autism was missing from the school one day this week.

The principal released a statement on Monday evening but didn’t thoroughly explain explain.

Based on the news report, cameras are under repair. That is a major concern. How long are they under repair and when would the community be notified.

Also, the mom said her son was missing for 15-20 minutes. That’s is OUTRAGEOUS! And they said the principal offered her another school.
Are you freaking kidding me? You lose my autistic child and offer me somewhere else to go. What happened here? How was this able to take place and who was responsible? Was anyone penalized?

The principal should be FIRED! When your child goes missing any thing could have happened. How could offering another school help BEFORE the student was found?

I assume the offer was after the child was found and part of the principal’s attempt to apologize (i.e., understand trusting us again would be very hard, will help you get an alternative placement). The Chisholm principal is generally excellent (I am at a nearby school and jealous), so I would be very hesitant to assume any kind of bad intent on her part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see on the news that a student with autism was missing from the school one day this week.

The principal released a statement on Monday evening but didn’t thoroughly explain explain.

Based on the news report, cameras are under repair. That is a major concern. How long are they under repair and when would the community be notified.

Also, the mom said her son was missing for 15-20 minutes. That’s is OUTRAGEOUS! And they said the principal offered her another school.
Are you freaking kidding me? You lose my autistic child and offer me somewhere else to go. What happened here? How was this able to take place and who was responsible? Was anyone penalized?

The principal should be FIRED! When your child goes missing any thing could have happened. How could offering another school help BEFORE the student was found?

I assume the offer was after the child was found and part of the principal’s attempt to apologize (i.e., understand trusting us again would be very hard, will help you get an alternative placement). The Chisholm principal is generally excellent (I am at a nearby school and jealous), so I would be very hesitant to assume any kind of bad intent on her part.

Ah that would make sense. The OP message made it seem like it was before he was found.

[Anonymous]

I assume the offer was after the child was found and part of the principal’s attempt to apologize (i.e., understand trusting us again would be very hard, will help you get an alternative placement). The Chisholm principal is generally excellent (I am at a nearby school and jealous), so I would be very hesitant to assume any kind of bad intent on her part.

Don’t be jealous! Trust the Chisholm principal that you’re admiring did not handle this with great care. How does offering an alternative placement help other families to fell safe at the school?

I personally don’t feel that comfortable anymore with my DC there also because how long are cameras under “repair” for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see on the news that a student with autism was missing from the school one day this week.

The principal released a statement on Monday evening but didn’t thoroughly explain explain.

Based on the news report, cameras are under repair. That is a major concern. How long are they under repair and when would the community be notified.

Also, the mom said her son was missing for 15-20 minutes. That’s is OUTRAGEOUS! And they said the principal offered her another school.
Are you freaking kidding me? You lose my autistic child and offer me somewhere else to go. What happened here? How was this able to take place and who was responsible? Was anyone penalized?

The principal should be FIRED! When your child goes missing any thing could have happened. How could offering another school help BEFORE the student was found?

Has DCPS ever fired a principal?

Pre-COVID a school dismissed the wrong child to CFSA and didn’t ask for ID or even have them sign the kid out. School didn’t realize until dismissal and literally had to use camera footage to figure out where the kid went and with who. No one got fired after that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see on the news that a student with autism was missing from the school one day this week.

The principal released a statement on Monday evening but didn’t thoroughly explain explain.

Based on the news report, cameras are under repair. That is a major concern. How long are they under repair and when would the community be notified.

Also, the mom said her son was missing for 15-20 minutes. That’s is OUTRAGEOUS! And they said the principal offered her another school.
Are you freaking kidding me? You lose my autistic child and offer me somewhere else to go. What happened here? How was this able to take place and who was responsible? Was anyone penalized?

The principal should be FIRED! When your child goes missing any thing could have happened. How could offering another school help BEFORE the student was found?

I assume the offer was after the child was found and part of the principal’s attempt to apologize (i.e., understand trusting us again would be very hard, will help you get an alternative placement). The Chisholm principal is generally excellent (I am at a nearby school and jealous), so I would be very hesitant to assume any kind of bad intent on her part.

Then why is the class overenrolled? Wouldn't the principal advocate for these students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see on the news that a student with autism was missing from the school one day this week.

The principal released a statement on Monday evening but didn’t thoroughly explain explain.

Based on the news report, cameras are under repair. That is a major concern. How long are they under repair and when would the community be notified.

Also, the mom said her son was missing for 15-20 minutes. That’s is OUTRAGEOUS! And they said the principal offered her another school.
Are you freaking kidding me? You lose my autistic child and offer me somewhere else to go. What happened here? How was this able to take place and who was responsible? Was anyone penalized?

The principal should be FIRED! When your child goes missing any thing could have happened. How could offering another school help BEFORE the student was found?

Has DCPS ever fired a principal?

Pre-COVID a school dismissed the wrong child to CFSA and didn’t ask for ID or even have them sign the kid out. School didn’t realize until dismissal and literally had to use camera footage to figure out where the kid went and with who. No one got fired after that.

Yes - the fired the Principal at SWW in October 2020 when he stood up the the chancellor and mayor trying to bring students back to the classroom when the building was not adequately equip to support this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see on the news that a student with autism was missing from the school one day this week.

The principal released a statement on Monday evening but didn’t thoroughly explain explain.

Based on the news report, cameras are under repair. That is a major concern. How long are they under repair and when would the community be notified.

Also, the mom said her son was missing for 15-20 minutes. That’s is OUTRAGEOUS! And they said the principal offered her another school.
Are you freaking kidding me? You lose my autistic child and offer me somewhere else to go. What happened here? How was this able to take place and who was responsible? Was anyone penalized?

The principal should be FIRED! When your child goes missing any thing could have happened. How could offering another school help BEFORE the student was found?

I assume the offer was after the child was found and part of the principal’s attempt to apologize (i.e., understand trusting us again would be very hard, will help you get an alternative placement). The Chisholm principal is generally excellent (I am at a nearby school and jealous), so I would be very hesitant to assume any kind of bad intent on her part.

Then why is the class overenrolled? Wouldn't the principal advocate for these students?

I'd say almost every school that has CES classes is over enrolled. I've worked at 4 different DCPS schools and have kids in another. Principals advocate all the time but we live under the mayoral control world where none of that matters.

[Anonymous]

offering another school sounds insensitive and change is really hard on special needs kids. but i also think it was most likely a be assured we will help you secure a mid-year special non-lottery placement elsewhere if that is what you want/need to get past this traumatic episode. it could even be a sort of acknowledgment that the responsible staff members are underperforming but that the principal cannot simply remove them mid-year.

[Anonymous]

Why does the sped coordinator need to be fired?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see on the news that a student with autism was missing from the school one day this week.

The principal released a statement on Monday evening but didn’t thoroughly explain explain.

Based on the news report, cameras are under repair. That is a major concern. How long are they under repair and when would the community be notified.

Also, the mom said her son was missing for 15-20 minutes. That’s is OUTRAGEOUS! And they said the principal offered her another school.
Are you freaking kidding me? You lose my autistic child and offer me somewhere else to go. What happened here? How was this able to take place and who was responsible? Was anyone penalized?

The principal should be FIRED! When your child goes missing any thing could have happened. How could offering another school help BEFORE the student was found?

I assume the offer was after the child was found and part of the principal’s attempt to apologize (i.e., understand trusting us again would be very hard, will help you get an alternative placement). The Chisholm principal is generally excellent (I am at a nearby school and jealous), so I would be very hesitant to assume any kind of bad intent on her part.

Then why is the class overenrolled? Wouldn't the principal advocate for these students?

I'd say almost every school that has CES classes is over enrolled. I've worked at 4 different DCPS schools and have kids in another. Principals advocate all the time but we live under the mayoral control world where none of that matters.

This. Our school didn’t have teachers (any teachers) in 2 of the 3 CES classrooms last year by mid-year. One teacher bailed and they folded it into the other 2, causing another to bail. No replacements could be had, so one class was over enrolled with a teacher and the other was fully enrolled with only 3 aides. The CES classrooms in DCPS are incredibly difficult for admin to properly staff and central is useless. Our principal isn’t great, but the state of those classrooms isn’t her fault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see on the news that a student with autism was missing from the school one day this week.

The principal released a statement on Monday evening but didn’t thoroughly explain explain.

Based on the news report, cameras are under repair. That is a major concern. How long are they under repair and when would the community be notified.

Also, the mom said her son was missing for 15-20 minutes. That’s is OUTRAGEOUS! And they said the principal offered her another school.
Are you freaking kidding me? You lose my autistic child and offer me somewhere else to go. What happened here? How was this able to take place and who was responsible? Was anyone penalized?

The principal should be FIRED! When your child goes missing any thing could have happened. How could offering another school help BEFORE the student was found?

I assume the offer was after the child was found and part of the principal’s attempt to apologize (i.e., understand trusting us again would be very hard, will help you get an alternative placement). The Chisholm principal is generally excellent (I am at a nearby school and jealous), so I would be very hesitant to assume any kind of bad intent on her part.

Then why is the class overenrolled? Wouldn't the principal advocate for these students?

I'd say almost every school that has CES classes is over enrolled. I've worked at 4 different DCPS schools and have kids in another. Principals advocate all the time but we live under the mayoral control world where none of that matters.

This. Our school didn’t have teachers (any teachers) in 2 of the 3 CES classrooms last year by mid-year. One teacher bailed and they folded it into the other 2, causing another to bail. No replacements could be had, so one class was over enrolled with a teacher and the other was fully enrolled with only 3 aides. The CES classrooms in DCPS are incredibly difficult for admin to properly staff and central is useless. Our principal isn’t great, but the state of those classrooms isn’t her fault.

This is perhaps a comment for a different thread but I think CES teachers should be paid more. It is an incredibly difficult job and we can’t keep qualified people in those classrooms.

-another DCPS teacher (not CES)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the sped coordinator there still have initials DD?

...don't get me started

How could she still be there without being fired?

What has she done to be fired?

DD?? Lost MANY lawsuits. My kid was at Tyler TEN years ago, and the district had to pay us (lawyers fee, comp ed, tuition at a non public) over TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars. And I know we weren't the first or last.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see on the news that a student with autism was missing from the school one day this week.

The principal released a statement on Monday evening but didn’t thoroughly explain explain.

Based on the news report, cameras are under repair. That is a major concern. How long are they under repair and when would the community be notified.

Also, the mom said her son was missing for 15-20 minutes. That’s is OUTRAGEOUS! And they said the principal offered her another school.
Are you freaking kidding me? You lose my autistic child and offer me somewhere else to go. What happened here? How was this able to take place and who was responsible? Was anyone penalized?

The principal should be FIRED! When your child goes missing any thing could have happened. How could offering another school help BEFORE the student was found?

Has DCPS ever fired a principal?

Pre-COVID a school dismissed the wrong child to CFSA and didn’t ask for ID or even have them sign the kid out. School didn’t realize until dismissal and literally had to use camera footage to figure out where the kid went and with who. No one got fired after that.

Yes - the fired the Principal at SWW in October 2020 when he stood up the the chancellor and mayor trying to bring students back to the classroom when the building was not adequately equip to support this.

Good thing too otherwise they would have kept schools closed until 2023

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see on the news that a student with autism was missing from the school one day this week.

The principal released a statement on Monday evening but didn’t thoroughly explain explain.

Based on the news report, cameras are under repair. That is a major concern. How long are they under repair and when would the community be notified.

Also, the mom said her son was missing for 15-20 minutes. That’s is OUTRAGEOUS! And they said the principal offered her another school.
Are you freaking kidding me? You lose my autistic child and offer me somewhere else to go. What happened here? How was this able to take place and who was responsible? Was anyone penalized?

The principal should be FIRED! When your child goes missing any thing could have happened. How could offering another school help BEFORE the student was found?

I assume the offer was after the child was found and part of the principal’s attempt to apologize (i.e., understand trusting us again would be very hard, will help you get an alternative placement). The Chisholm principal is generally excellent (I am at a nearby school and jealous), so I would be very hesitant to assume any kind of bad intent on her part.

Then why is the class overenrolled? Wouldn't the principal advocate for these students?

I'd say almost every school that has CES classes is over enrolled. I've worked at 4 different DCPS schools and have kids in another. Principals advocate all the time but we live under the mayoral control world where none of that matters.

This. Our school didn’t have teachers (any teachers) in 2 of the 3 CES classrooms last year by mid-year. One teacher bailed and they folded it into the other 2, causing another to bail. No replacements could be had, so one class was over enrolled with a teacher and the other was fully enrolled with only 3 aides. The CES classrooms in DCPS are incredibly difficult for admin to properly staff and central is useless. Our principal isn’t great, but the state of those classrooms isn’t her fault.

Stories like this are one main reason I fought tooth and nail to keep my kid in mainstream instead of self-contained. DCPS self contained programs have awful reputations. Even if they are safe, they don’t provide the level of instruction needed for kids who are normal IQ but need support. So remember this the next time there is a “disruptive kid” in your child’s classroom.