Last Friday I went to help out at the special education preschool my mom works at. I had worked there a few days last October, so getting to see some of the kids again was an incredible experience – they had all developed so much. These teachers and speech therapists and occupational therapists and aides had obviously been doing an amazing job. I feel really positive about their future if these wonderful helpers keep doing what they are doing. But unfortunately this California school district is facing budget cuts. Aides are being laid off, resources will be cut back, and this class has to relocate to another building in August. Tensions were running high while I was there, and it just made me really sad to think of these children not receiving all the help that they could be getting due to our state government’s problems. Some students are being forced to switch to other school districts, there is a huge reshuffling process going on, and I know some of this will have negative impacts on the children. People are getting screwed who have no voice/power.
I took this photo during circle time while they were singing "head, shoulders, knees and toes."
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