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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.

No, the principal could allocate 3 extra paras in the budget (1 for each class). They don't find it worthy. 3 of them are about the cost of 1 teacher. I have seen school allocated extra funds, none of them try and fight for CES. They DO NOT CARE.

It is not so simple. You wrote it yourself -- these super important staff members are paid a fraction of what lead teachers are paid, but we trust them with our highest needs kids. Staff in these roles burn out, move to other classrooms, or further their education so they can be the lead teacher and get the pay/respect they deserve. My kids are not at this school, but another school that has had two different self contained programs over the years, and it is very hard to find qualified people for these positions. Is that an excuse? Maybe not, but it is not that the principals don't care.

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.

No, the principal could allocate 3 extra paras in the budget (1 for each class). They don't find it worthy. 3 of them are about the cost of 1 teacher. I have seen school allocated extra funds, none of them try and fight for CES. They DO NOT CARE.

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.

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?

The principal can't. Central office determines how many kids are allowed per type of special ed classroom. And they don't have enough teachers, so central office just keeps increasing the numbers 'allowed' in those classrooms. It's horrendously unsafe.

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?

Anonymous wrote:

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)