School District, Community Outline Plan to Address ‘Systemic Issues’ in Special Education
July 22, 2018
By: Meghan Mangrum
Source: Times Free Press
Carmen Penney’s 6-year-old son, Coleson, has Down syndrome. When he started kindergarten this year, he knew his colors, knew sight words, knew how to write his name, and he spent most of his days in a general education classroom at Westview Elementary.
But the Penney family’s experience is an atypical one for families who have children with disabilities in Hamilton County.
When she and her husband started thinking about school for their children, Carmen Penney said they heard a lot of negative stories.