Parents of profoundly disabled students at TH Rogers worry about potential TEA takeover
Several parents of TH Rogers students, the school for the gifted and profoundly disabled, have filed another grievance with the Houston Independent School District.Several parents of TH Rogers students, the school for the gifted and profoundly disabled, have filed another grievance with the Houston Independent School District.
. The proposed PSI plan would have relocated dozens of profoundly disabled children to their neighborhood schools - which have far fewer resources and nursing staff than Rogers.Ruthie Green's special needs son Joshua is a student at TH Rogers. He will soon age out of the school, but she's worried about other students like him who will need extra, compassionate care in a school setting in the future.
"The superintendent wrote the letter," said Green. "What happens if he's no longer with us and the TEA decides they want to bring in their own management team? Where does that letter stand? Does it have any merit? Will they want to bring in their own board? Will this board see something different? It's just a lot of questions we're unsure of, then we're unclear how this ever came about in the beginning.
"We also know that uncertainty looms as it relates to a potential intervention from the TEA. I’ll be honest with you – I don’t know what the future will bring," said House in his recent State of the State Address.
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