Tuesday, November 29, 2005

UNofficially Winslow Receives Email

SEEMS THAT IN SCHOOL 4 THERE ARE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND DURING IEP'S PARENTS WERE ASKED TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN SHARE AN AIDE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AS SOME OF THESE CHILDREN NEED A ONE ON ONE AIDE. MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS ONE OF THESE CHILDREN, SARA IS IN THE FIRST GRADE AND MY DAUGHTER NEEDS TO KNOW THAT SARA IS BEING WATCHED CAREFULLY BECAUSE SARA HAS DOWN SYNDROME AND HER AIDE KNOWS WHEN SHE IS HAVING PROBLEMS AND CAN RECOGNIZE THIS BEFORE IT GETS TOO BAD. I AM SURE OTHER MOTHERS HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS. HOW CAN AN AIDE TAKE CARE OF TWO CHILDREN? THESE CHILDREN NEED CONSTANT WATCHING. SOME PARENTS, NOT KNOWING THAT THEY HAD THE RIGHT NOT TO, SIGNED THEIR CHILD'S IEP. MY DAUGHTER DID NOT AND IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR SARA AND THESE OTHER CHILDREN, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER PARENTS, ALL THE WAY! THANK YOU.

S.M.