Scurry-Rosser Elementary
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10/23/2009
Not the place to educate a special needs child --especially a child with autism. The administrators like to play experimental games with what theyuse for content and methodology. They do not want to spend one extra nickel on a child with autism if they can get away with it. Parents who care about their child's education are not wanted or welcomed here. They will go to great lengths to keep parents out of the building. What are they hiding??? Only God knows.
They equate autism with mental retardation, and if parents don't stay on top of things, your child will lose. They refuse to use proven methodology researched to work for children with autism. They really know vry little about hte condition. They continually try to pass off the school psychologist as an "autism expert." These people are trained to diagnose autism, but know little about how to teach them.
They assume that children with autism are going no where in life, so unless a parent advocate forces them to abide by IDEA and NCLB, they will not. They are in partnership with Kemp ISD for special services, but they do not allow for a parent special education advisory committee nor are any positions on either board allotted to a special ed parent. What you wind up with are two male superintendents who DO NOT have a special ed child, making the decisions on how to spend all those federal and state special ed funds. The kids get the cheap end of the stick. They want you to move here and pay taxes here, but they do not really want to educate students with autism. My advice is to spend your tax dollars elsewhere.
Wanda | Scurry, TX