My mom gave me permission to write this interview to speak about what actually happened at this school when I attended. First off, if your child is disabled and or has an IEP, please do NOT send them here. The teachers don't even follow the lEP or the child's basic needs for the majority. I remember clearly needing help with opening my food and drinks at lunch and snack breaks. There was always some lunch lady on duty to help with whatever was needed. I had a very hard time opening the milk cartons and always needed help with them. I remember this one time I asked a teachers aid to help me and she said "no I want you to try to open it yourself this time" I shrugged it off figuring she was right at that time. But soon she calls another aid over and they literally stand over watching me struggle to open it. Of course I eventually got pretty mad and she finally opened it after what seemed like a century. Second, the bullying. I was always a major target for any bully at this school. What is so funny about this is how the school always talked about a "no bullying" policy yet the teachers didn't even bother to follow it themselves. I remember my mom had had a meeting with the principal and she had told my mom I was on a "scale". Saying | was below bullying. Which I guess meant I technically wasn't being bullied despite me getting verbally abused by other children each and every day. And the one time I actually stood up for myself I was always the one to get in trouble. There was this one incident that still upsets me even almost 10 years later. Some girls were picking on me, normal stuff, but I finally had the courage to yell back. I never laid a hand on them. Just simply wanted to stand my ground. All of a sudden, my old teachers aid from TK (she still worked at the school after | was in her class), grabbed my wrists and started to pull me away from them. She was restraining me. I have sensory issues so of course this just made me more upset and even terrified. Her cold hands grabbing me and pulling me, I'll never forget that. I even told her I wasn't going to hurt them.
Sorry this review was so long but thank you to anyone who reads this. I want to help kids like me who are being mistreated without anyone knowing it. I want people like me to be safe and enjoy a normal school life like any other child.
Once again, if you have a disabled child, it is for their own good to not send them here. If you see something, say something. read more