I am speaking specifically of the new child with special needs who both Jack and Julian were asked to “befriend.”
In retrospect, and having now seen the child in question at various school functions and in the class pictures,
I think it may have been too much to ask of our children to be able to process all that.
Certainly, when Julian mentioned he was having a hard time befriending the boy, we told him he was “off the hook” in that regard.
We think the transition to middle school is hard enough without having to place greater burdens or hardships on these young, impressionable minds.
I should also mention that, as a member of the school board, I was a little disturbed
that more consideration was not given during this child's application process to the fact that Beecher Prep is not an inclusion school.
There are many parents—myself included—who question the decision to let this child into our school at all.
At the very least, I am somewhat troubled that this child was not held to the same stringent application standards (i.e. interview)
that the rest of the incoming middle-school students were.
To: Melissa Albans. From: Lawrence Tushman. Subject: Jack Will.
Dear Mrs. Albans, Thanks for your email outlining your concerns.
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