Saturday Was A Good Day

Last Saturday was the Annual Education, Resource, and College Fair for Families of Students with Special Needs held at Tucker High. By every measure it was a very successful event. I estimate around 225 attendees benefitted from the information shared.

The feedback I have received has humbled me.  Teachers have asked for more training, parents have reported success using things they learned, and one young man now has a summer job.

A high point of the day for me was the opportunity to spend time with Daryl Funn who is an amazing man. Another high point was when one of my sons rode his bike to the high school to see what was going on and stayed.

I have to thank Marcia Coward and Dr. Crawford for the support they provided to the event. Marcia is an exceptional person and organizer. DeKalb County Schools are lucky to have her as an employee.

Another big thank you goes out to Sabreen Mateen, the president of the DeKalb County Council of PTAs. She saved the event when I dropped the ball on volunteers and a couple other things.

I really could not have asked for things to have gone much better Saturday morning.

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Then, I attended the Tapestry Public Charter School informational meeting at the Tucker Library Saturday afternoon. I hope the son mentioned earlier gets the opportunity to attend Tapestry and I have been to previous events they have held. Saturday was the first Tapestry event my beautiful wife has attended. Now, she is more excited about the Tapestry school than I am. In fact, she asked if I thought we could hold our older son back a year so he might also attend Tapestry. I think that is a great idea, but he didn't agree with us.

I found it interesting that Tapestry's meeting, advertised by one email, had 130 people attend. At the same time, the Special Needs Resource Fair, held by the DeKalb County Council of PTAs and the school district, got 225 people to attend after advertising heavily for 2 weeks. That says a lot to me.

*This blog represents only my opinions and observations. It does not speak for any other person or organization.