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BrotherIvan

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17. It is heartbreaking to see what has been done to school

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #15)

Tue May 26, 2015, 06:17 PM

May 2015

Kids going through metal detectors and shoved in classes or thirty or more. In the few years that I taught, there were all grade levels and many different languages in the same room. It was so hard to give them even a passing education, but we all tried our best because we remembered what school used to be like.

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Lawsuit: 8-year-old girl with Down syndrome repeatedly raped, beaten on school bus [View all] KamaAina May 2015 OP

It must have been horrifying for the girl to get on the bus everyday. aikoaiko May 2015 #1

yes Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #18

Why wasn't there an aide on the bus? In_The_Wind May 2015 #2

Excellent question. KamaAina May 2015 #3

A very good question Kalidurga May 2015 #4

When I drove a school bus: There were smaller bus with aides for special needs children. In_The_Wind May 2015 #6

Yes this story makes it apparent why it's a safety issue Kalidurga May 2015 #7

Probably a money issue mythology May 2015 #8

It's a minimum wage job for two or three hours each day. In_The_Wind May 2015 #16

Aides have been gone from schools for a long time BrotherIvan May 2015 #13

That figures. Last time I drove a school bus was over 20 years ago. We called all children In_The_Wind May 2015 #15

It is heartbreaking to see what has been done to school BrotherIvan May 2015 #17

Kids with severe disabilities... Mike Nelson May 2015 #5

You'd think that would be self-evident, right? historylovr May 2015 #9

Jesus Christ. cyberswede May 2015 #10

Typical. Don't even ask me why I know this. n/t freshwest May 2015 #11

Put on leave?? lpbk2713 May 2015 #12

Horrible BrotherIvan May 2015 #14

That poor child. brer cat May 2015 #19

They will, one way or another KamaAina May 2015 #20