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Did I miss something or have you taken leave of your senses?

The discussion with Ms. Sevin around maintaining tradition with her ex-husband for the sake of there daughters was truly frightening, given the fact she had a RESTRAINING ORDER against the husband. 

What kind of message is she sending to her daughters by putting them at risk for sake of tradition.  Of course tradition is important when someone's safety isn't at risk.  But her primary responsibility is keeping her kids and herself safe.

posted 3 years, 5 months ago
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Firstly, I wanted to note what a great program Think Out Loud is.

Is there something I'm not getting with this discussion of closing the program?  I thought with the enactment of federal legislation for special needs students, mainstreaming children was the goal. Other than historical precedent of having the school for the blind established, I don't understand why there is a special school (at $140K/year) for the blind when it's not needed for the numerous other disabilities. 

I feel sympathy for the issues these blind kids have to address.  However, I don't think having an extremely costly special school is the answer. 

Some of the examples given, bullying for instance, are things that most kids endure at some point while attending school.  Does it suck?  Yes, and schools should be dealing with it. But it's a part of life that people must deal with.

I'm sorry but the example given by the administrator making beds and matching clothes appropriately are pretty sad excuses for keeping this costly option in place. 

I would like to see the closed closed due to the excessive cost of running it. As a taxpayer I just don't see a great enough value to justify the cost. 

posted 3 years, 11 months ago
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