When It Comes to Serving Students with Disabilities, How Are Catholic Schools Doing? - Catholic Review

When it comes to serving students with disabilities, how are Catholic schools doing? - Catholic Review

During the past school year, 6-year-old Aloysius Ford was a popular kindergartener at St. Patrick Catholic School in Tacoma, Washington, where friends give him high-fives in the hallways and vie to be his reading partner. His 8-year-old brother also attends the school, and his 4-year-old sister attends its pre-kindergarten program. It was what the now rising first-grader’s parents, experienced Catholic school educators Rachel and Nicholas Ford, …

Letter to the Editor: Inclusion requires investment - vote Yes for the school levy

To the Editor:Every classroom in Shoreline has students who learn differently. When they don't get the support they need, it affects everyone: the student struggling to access learning, their classmates, and their overwhelmed teacher.As a parent of a neurodivergent child, I know what advocacy looks like. It means sitting in IEP meetings, sending follow-up emails, and constantly pushing for services that should already be in place. We become expe…