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Akin Trying to Cut SPED Aides’ Salaries
UPDATE: I have been informed via multiple sources that Dr. Akin has decided to rescind this decision to cap the Instructional Assistant’s and Special Education Aides salaries at $11.00 per hour. The...
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Through the Fog and the Dark
Today, my son was here. One fairly common symptom of Autism is that it’s easy for someone on the spectrum to withdraw into the world of their own. This is one of the more painful aspects of autism as...
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Enough
On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, my fourteen year old kid and the kid’s best friend led a Walk Out from their school at 10:00am to say that they’ve had Enough. They organized this entirely on their own....
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Autism Acceptance
After a week of disrupted routines, travel, and bathroom schedules, I should have known that Good Friday wasn’t going to be so good. But it started out fine. We loaded up in the truck to go out for a...
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These Kids Today
Yesterday was a teenage day. It started when I left Matthew sitting in the truck for a moment while I helped a friend. He was sitting in the drive, and I was about ten feet from him and was focused...
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Scrubbing Stone
The pine straw covered the gravel muffling the sound of the tires. The problem with evergreens is that the straw falls all year. There’s never a time when it isn’t covering the ground. It’s always...
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HCS Steals from SPED Funds, Again (Updated)
UPDATE: I have been assured by Ms. Finley and Ms. Michelle Lanier Watkins that this issue is being addressed. I am grateful to them for their efforts, and I’m waiting to see how this plays out. Thank...
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An Open Letter to My Students: Black Lives Matter
Dear Students: It’s June 3, 2020, and believe it or not, I’m at a loss for words. It’s been an impossibly stressful few months when we’ve moved from getting to hang out in class to isolation at home...
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The Monster Upstairs
When your boy comes down from his room after having played quietly for an hour, standing in front of you, naked from his bath, saying, “I want broom and dustpan, please,” it’s a moment of conflicting...
View ArticleA Good Day
Hey everyone, So it’s been a bit. Sorry about that. Life intervenes sometimes. And sometimes it takes your breath away . . . like this afternoon, which will probably rank in my top five of...
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