Aug 2, 2019, Kent Online: Work starts on £10m Aspire special school for Sittingbourne https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/work-starts-on-new-10m-special-needs-school-209723/ Work has begun on building a new £10m [$12M U.S.] special educational needs school in Sittingbourne. The ground-breaking ceremony was on Monday at the Aspire Free School in Vellum Drive where pupils gathered with teachers, officials, trustees and designers. … Ceranne said: “We are very excited. It has taken years to get this far. It’s a huge step forward for education and people across Kent.” The school, run by Grove Park Academies Trust, will open in 2020 with space for 168 children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other severe speech and language difficulties. … "It is a great achievement that seven years later we are seeing the start of construction of this much-needed school…. The school has been designed by architect Bond Bryan and is being built by BAM which has worked on more than 100 major projects in Kent since 1877. It recently completed four special educational needs schools in the county….
Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.
Loss of Brain Trust features over 9,000 news stories published worldwide since January, 2017
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