Dunsmuir High School

PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS BEWARE This school presents itself as an inclusive type setting that will allow you to enroll your child and celebrate diversity. The problem is that they have staff who are unqualified to actually support these children. Then if an incident takes place, Mrs Leahy the principal/supertindent will call the police on your child instead of taking their sped needs into consideration or what your child actually has done, as they did with my son today. An incident took place today involving my son who has autism and an aide who had no training in Special needs claims he treated her. I’m not making excuses for his behaviors. He did not follow the rules but instead of making a learning opportunity the principal calls the cops which did nothing to help my son. My son has behaviors that are a function of his disability. He was screaming but the untrained aide from their “camp success behavior room” aggressive yelled at him. After my son calmed down, the school called and told me to pick him up. When o arrived the principal called cops on another student. These are 3rd graders! Then they told me he is no longer welcome back and their reasoning for it is because they are worried about him in regards to other kids. My som never shown aggression towards other children. They kicked him out of the without explaining to him what he did wrong and without giving him a second chance. There are kids at this school who are actually physically problematic and violent with other children and they get to stay. But if a child with a disability presents with a behavior that is inconvenient, they get expelled from the program the first time. It is unbelievable that in 2024, an establishment will accept kids with disabilities and hire staff who are unqualified to support them. Even neurotypical kids scream and hit. When I asked the staff if those kids get kicked out too, they looked at me with blank stares. Clearly this is because my son had a disability and it’s an inconvenience for them. This school should get shut down.