[Brooks Patterson]

Hi Piyo,

There is nothing remotely scary about my 6 year old son.

My sarcasm can sometimes be misinterpreted.

We do really appreciate all of the support that you and the others from this board have given us.

Brooks

[Brooks Patterson]

I'd like to thank Ms. Ewart for clearing something up for me.

In her letter to the Province on April 15th she focuses on the rights of the regular children. I guess that makes the parents of the 60,000 or so children with special needs the proud guardians of IRREGULAR CHILDREN. What utter nonsense! The urge to respond with a string of expletives was pretty strong I must admit.

How insightful that she also assumes that the other regular kids must have been scared. (imagine how scary it must have been for all the regular students in the class.) That explains a lot. When 5 kids from my son’s former classroom were playing out in front of my house this weekend with my son, they sure looked worried. They rode bikes, played hockey, and wrote with chalk on the pavement. But behind their shrieks laughter I could tell that they were concerned. “Look out for the irregular kid!” One of them might have said.

[Brooks Patterson]

My mistake it was actually news 1130

http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/210086–six-year-old-barred-from-walnut-grove-school

Brooks

[Brooks Patterson]

Hi Gang,

Thanks for all your support. We are in this for the long haul. We will definitely be there on the 30th!

My wife Tina was on CKNW this morning and and hopefully I will be following up in the next few days.

I'm down with the flu today but will follow up with all of you.

Thanks again

Brooks

Brookspatterson@shaw.ca
Tinapatterson@shaw.ca

[Brooks Patterson]

Here is a link to the Langley Advance story. They got most of the facts right. They messed up the part about being sent home repeatedly since March 14. He only went twice since the 14th.

http://www.langleyadvance.com/year+ousted+from+Topham/4581459/story.html

[Brooks Patterson]

Hi Dave,

You're bang on Dave. Worksafe delivered an investigation report yesterday and judging from your comments it sounds like you have already read it. They skip the fact that Our BC was repeatedly denied access to the classroom and her recomendations were never followed. I also offered the investigating officer the opportunity to interview us and our child. They declined.

Anyway our child is still out of class. The district has offered to move him to another school. We are still weighing our options.

There is a piece in the Langley advace about us today. Let us know what you think.

Thanks for your comments and support.

Brooks

[Brooks Patterson]

Hello,
 
My Name is Brooks Patterson and I have a 6 year old child with autism.
 
Last week our 6 year old child with autism was removed from class when his teachers walked off the job citing their right to refuse unsafe work. Yes you read that right….HE’S SIX! As a result the district (SD 35) has asked us to keep him out of school indefinitely.   They are claiming that it is WorkSafeBC that is compelling them to do so but my contacts there initially denied this was possible.
 
Obviously there are many details to my son’s case that would have to be considered to fully understand the situation, but to us the bottom line is that a 6 year old child with a disability is being denied an education.  We have met with district staff several times last week and they claim to be working on a solution, but to us we are in the dark with little information and little confidence that a resolution is imminent.  Further we have to explain to our son daily why he can’t be at school which is where he wants to be.  Yesterday they allowed him back in the class and he finished the day without incident.  Hunter has not had a full day of class since March 14th.  Prior to that he has been sent to the principals office almost every day.

Nevertheless we were contacted again by our Principal yesterday morning who told he was not permitted to attend class.

By 8 PM we learned WSBC is siding with the teachers.  Hunter can't return until conditions are met which the principal is claiming can't be done.

The WCBC investigating officer's name is Anita Cairney.
 
Kind Regards,
 
Brooks Patterson

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