UTSA study: San Antonio-area charters see more student movement from school to school
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Bianca Davila knew early on that her youngest child, Jordan Castillo, had special needs.
Jordan was not hitting his developmental milestones and was having behavioral issues that prompted their pediatrician to refer him to the Center for Healthcare Services.
There, Davila met families who recommended IDEA Public Schools, a fast-growing charter network that boasted a nearly 100 percent graduation rate. No problem that Jordan needed special education services. IDEA could help him, Davila was told.
She enrolled Jordan in IDEA Eastside for kindergarten. But for the next three years, she said, she had to fight all the way to the network’s highest levels to get Jordan tested for special needs. He received a diagnosis toward the end of second grade, she believes, only because she had emailed and called IDEA leaders at their headquarters.
By Lance Reynolds, Republican-American
Vicki DeLucia, head school nurse at Woodland Regional High School in Beacon Falls, stands in her office Jan. 22. -JIM SHANNON/REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
BEACON FALLS By 10 a.m. most school days, Vicki DeLucia, head school nurse at Woodland Regional High School, already has called the Naugatuck Valley and Chesprocott health districts about eight times to discuss COVID-19 issues.
While on those phone calls, DeLucia looks across the hallway into a room that served as a world languages classroom last year. That room now has four cots spaced 4 feet apart with dividers between each. This is where students go when they show COVID-19 symptoms.