How
many of you have seen / read the CBC news story, "B.C.
school shorting autistic son, mother says"?
In
part the story says that only part of the special education funding allocated
to a six year old, grade one boy with autism, is being used to help him at
school. His mother says, "He's not
getting the support he needs"
Now before
anyone says, “… there isn’t the money in the system to provide the care this boy
needs …” you may be interested to know that there are two different government ministries
which are providing $36,000 to the school district where the young boy, named
Cooper, is enrolled.
Would
anyone care to venture a guess as to why Cooper is NOT getting the supports
that he should be receiving … and that the school district is receiving funds
for?
Cooper’s
mother, Crystal Gerrits, was told, “... if he was acting out more, Cooper would get
more time with an assistant."
