Tyler only has a few days left of preschool. I can NOT believe it!!!! I am getting quite emotional. I went and visited his new school and was not impressed. I fear for his health actually. It was crowded, the rooms were small, the windows were frosted over so you can't see out, only half the classrooms have a/c and the kids only get 15 minutes for lunch and 15 minutes for recess. 15 minutes of recess a day is NOT enough for a 5yo!!!! It's unhealthy! And they only get gym once a week.

I am very stressed and don't know what to do. His pull out area for extra academic help and social skills is so small and cluttered. It breaks my heart that this school system is so poor. I mean not even the wall clocks worked. NONE of them do!! The teachers had to put up their own. A few years ago, several schools were closed down and those kids were smooshed into the ones that remained opened. I think this is why everything is so cluttered. You'd think that would open a little bit of money to at least put a/c in the classrooms. And the cupboards and furniture in the rooms are literally falling apart and even the walls are cluttered with stuff. It was a place you'd see on TV in the news.

So we are investigating our options. Unfortunately we'd probably end up sacrificing a autism program for a safe environment for Tylers health. His IEP is on Monday. We are requesting speech therapy (he had an evaluation the other day which I will write about later) and a one on one at least for meals, 30 minutes to eat instead of 15 and try to somehow get him 30 minutes of outdoor time a day for fresh clean air.

-Tylers Mommy