This is true. I had a student with cerebral palsy or something (it's been 20 years, I forget) and his parents would send him in to school with soiled diapers bc the aide was certified to change him.
My wife cared for a really skinny autistic kid last year. He ALWAYS came to school with dirty clothes, greasy hair, dirt under his nails and a voracious appetite.
We suspected that the younger brother was manipulating him by locking the autistic boy outside and stealing his meals since the younger boy was very overweight.
He often had bruises and would reenact the fights he had with "someone" at home.
Soooooo many emails and calls home went nowhere because the single mother didn't care and the police couldn't intervene.
Agreed. My wife is an RN and also a teacher. This current group of kids coming through her math class are absolutely horrible. Everyday she HAS to kick 1 or 2 kids out and send them to the main office because their behavior is soooo disruptive. This common core BS is very difficult to grasp (intentionally) so she needs the kids to pay attention and not be distracted by a few horrible boys and girls that don't care that they are failing.
The school can't expel them because their "performance" ratings are directly tied to the grades and enrolled number of kids they get compensated for from the state.
It's almost like the Dept of Ed designed it this way to tie the hands of the school districts and states. 😡
This is true. I had a student with cerebral palsy or something (it's been 20 years, I forget) and his parents would send him in to school with soiled diapers bc the aide was certified to change him.
That's horrible and so irresponsible.
My wife cared for a really skinny autistic kid last year. He ALWAYS came to school with dirty clothes, greasy hair, dirt under his nails and a voracious appetite.
We suspected that the younger brother was manipulating him by locking the autistic boy outside and stealing his meals since the younger boy was very overweight.
He often had bruises and would reenact the fights he had with "someone" at home.
Soooooo many emails and calls home went nowhere because the single mother didn't care and the police couldn't intervene.
That's so sad. 😞
But that's exactly why "pay for performance" isn't a viable education compensation plan too
Agreed. My wife is an RN and also a teacher. This current group of kids coming through her math class are absolutely horrible. Everyday she HAS to kick 1 or 2 kids out and send them to the main office because their behavior is soooo disruptive. This common core BS is very difficult to grasp (intentionally) so she needs the kids to pay attention and not be distracted by a few horrible boys and girls that don't care that they are failing.
The school can't expel them because their "performance" ratings are directly tied to the grades and enrolled number of kids they get compensated for from the state.
It's almost like the Dept of Ed designed it this way to tie the hands of the school districts and states. 😡