University

Now that we’ve had some distance and time to reflect, I am finally able to share our experience. Our bright child with a lot of energy struggled with normal class structure, or so we thought. We thought a school like this would be the perfect fit and would feed their active mind. Yet when we enrolled our child here, their challenges escalated quickly and there were no resources in place to support them. No school counselor, teacher aide or paraprofessional. When we made every attempt to get to the root of what was going on, we were very clearly being steered to disenroll. The wording each time was “well what is it like at home” and “maybe you should look into this school”. I would never want my child to go somewhere where they are clearly not supported or wanted, so we did find another school. The difference was the proactive approach they had there, the support from the teacher and an environment that understood all children have different needs at different times. Our child flourished and now continues to excel. Many of the children that go to the school are also admitted on a referral basis and it shows at every level. Working parents will be at a disadvantage when they cannot participate in the mandatory volunteering.