BradfordToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected]. Please include your daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following letter is in response to the new hybrid model of learning for the Catholic School Board
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I don’t know who to address this to but I have never been more disappointed, ashamed and HURT in my life.
From day one I don’t think any of you actually though of any parent who has a child with a disability, health condition, or learning disability. Do you have any idea what “change” does to a child with a disability?
After weeks of helping my son who is diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy, who I've had to watch almost die TWICE, how to adapt with online learning we finally got him to a good learning space.
We struggled, we struggled so bad! It took me so long to help my son with this online learning! I work TWO jobs!!! TWO JOBS AND I DID IT! I did on my own! And now you share this news of cancelling our virtual school? AFTER WE WORKED SO HARD!
Let me tell you my next two weeks so you can understand the struggle from a real person! The next two weeks I have EEG’s scheduled, a MRI scheduled at Sick Kids, blood tests, genetic testing, OT appointments, physio appointments, neurological appointments and pediatric appointments for my one-year- old daughter.
So. not only did I work my a** off for my son who has serious medical issues learn to adapt to online with his AMAZING BEYOND AMAZING teacher, I work two jobs and have a one-year-old who also has her series of medical issues!
How dare you destroy everything I worked so hard for! I pay taxes AND A LOT OF THEM! All for what? To be completely ashamed to be a part of everything you people preach.
Don’t we have a say? None of you thought of families like mine, none of you helped families like mine, none of you care about families like mine.... you're taking away something that is so important to FAMILIES LIKE MINE!
See,'you think a change like this is “easy”. This is where you're wrong. This isn’t “easy” for a family like mine.
God dealt me a rough hand in life and as a mother of two children in need and having no choice but to online school my son, I did GOOD! And come Nov. 23 that’s all going to change. When is anyone for once going to think about a family like mine?
Stephanie Congiusti, Bradford
