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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have one HFA child currently at Churchill. She receives significant IEP services, but she is not part of the Bridge program.

We have been very happy with the services that she has received. Her teachers are very friendly and have been receptive when I have reached out. All of her classes have a co-teacher in them. I know that Bridge is different, but I thought that you'd like to know about services in case your child can be mainstreamed.

My daughter has gotten involved with a couple of lunchtime clubs and has made a few friends. She has a couple of people to eat lunch with, but truthfully spends most of her lunches with teachers. All of her teachers allow her to come for "help" which for her is asking for a little help but mostly eating lunch in a small setting. There are after-school activities, but she needs downtime after school so she comes straight home.

She has not complained about any bullying, but she is just happy to have a couple of friends. To be honest, I don't really think the other kids notice her. She is content in her small world and others seem fine letting her be.

I know this is not Bridge, but overall we have been so happy with Churchill and the special education she has received. [/quote]

All classes, even electives, are co-taught?  We were told at a Churchill IEP meeting this was not feasible because of the lack of staffing. The one co-taught class my child has is a teacher and a para educator. The para educator doesn’t know the curriculum so he is does basically nothing to teach my child. He seems to have no purpose other than the school can say it’s a co-taught class.

All teachers allow your child to eat lunch with them? Most of my child’s teachers only have their classrooms open for certain days and not for the whole class period. They expect lunch to be eaten before coming in for help, particularly since eating requires removing a mask. Most teachers laid out their “office hours” schedule and expectations during the online Back to School videos.

You are happy with the special ed services she is receiving at Churchill? Even through the pandemic? Churchill hasn’t fully implemented my child’s IEP in two years. Many services just wasn’t provided online and compensatory services are unavailable. I have had to pay for private services to make up for Churchill not providing what is in my child’s IEP. In all the years I have attended IEP meetings, the Churchill team has been the absolute most dysfunctional if any team we have dealt with. We meet to revise a document that simply is not followed.

You sound like a sock puppet trying to cover up what students with disabilities go through at Churchill.
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