FOX 26 Reporter Sherman Desselle spoke with one parent who is worried about the upcoming changes.Julie Beeson says the T.H. Rogers School has been a godsend for her son, Beau. The 15-year-old was born prematurely with cerebral palsy and deals with frequent illnesses.
"We felt so gaslighted," says Beeson. "It says, "We have exciting news." How is it exciting to separate all of our children? We could've gone to our home schools if we wanted to." Copy of the letter sent to parents at TH Rogers about the plans to change accommodations for select students in 2023 - 2024.
"There are just people who are there trained to handle our children…there is no way HISD can accommodate the children and their extreme medical needs outside the Rogers setting," says Beeson.The school also dispersed the students enrolled in the deaf program to neighborhood schools in 2021. Many of the PSI parents believe HISD wants to make the campus cater to gifted students only.