April 1, 2008 at 11:09 pm
#620486
Parentof2
Participant
Have to comment on this. I am a parent at Gatewood. I love the staff, but see how they need additional support due to the influx of special needs children. Most of the issues are upstairs in the 4/5 teams. Yes the classes are small – only about 20 in each, but 4-5 of those kids/room are behavioral disorder children which can put a strain on the learning for other kids. A couple families have left due to bullying by these kids which had gotten physical. They were told “their hands were tied” when it comes to how to discipline these kids. Overall, it’s a good school. The staff could use aides in the class to help keep BD kids focused so learning can still be done.