Sometimes, You Just Have to Ruffle a Few Feathers

Oh, wow, it seems I have ruffled a few feathers with my blog post about the school board meeting.  I'm happy to see that two individuals took the time to comment on my ill-informed rant.  I'm really just happy two people read it!  If you were one of the two anonymous commenters, please head back to that post to read my replies.  If you hadn't cared enough to comment, I wouldn't have been told that the Licensed Educational Interpreter is for hearing impaired students.  Thank you for sharing that with me.  I wouldn't have known that the Special Ed CIAs who have been pink slipped, will be rehired later in the summer.  Do you know how scary it was, as a parent of a special needs student, to hear that the CIAs in the department designed to help my child were getting cut?  Thank you for giving me the hope that an appropriate number of staff will be provided to meet the needs of not just my child, but all of the students in special education next year.

Does my child need an Interpreter at school?

I couldn't stop thinking about the parent who left the comment telling me that the Licensed Educational Interpreter is for hearing impaired students.  If you read my original post, you can see that I never said our school system didn't need that person.  I simply said I wanted to know what that interpreter was for.  So, thank you, parent who commented telling me more about it.  But, it's the other things in your comment that have stuck with me this morning. 

You Need to Read This

I have just been perusing the SurfKY News website and stumbled upon one of the smartest things I have ever read.  You need to read it, too.  It's called Letter to the Editor by Shaun Roberts.  Just click that pretty blue text and it should open a new window directly to the article.  I'm going to have to find out which district Mr. Roberts magistrates, because I'm really hoping it's my district.  I will never pretend to follow the politics here in our great county, but I am in love with Mr. Roberts take on a couple things going on locally.