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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

AUTISTIC TEEN'S DEATH IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (CPS) POOL HEIGHTENS QUESTIONS OF SPECIAL ED CARE

Sept, 2017 - Chicago - Last winter, as questions swirled about Chicago Public Schools’ ability to care for its special needs students, an autistic teen entered a pool at Kennedy High School and drowned during gym class.


Fourteen-year-old Rosario Gomez (photo) didn’t know how to swim, wasn’t wearing a lifejacket and had significant problems communicating. Just minutes after he entered the water, a lifeguard pulled his body from the pool’s deep end.

Now, as a new school year has just begun, the circumstances that led to the drowning continue to be mysterious and underscore issues about the school district’s ability to care for its highest-need students. Questions remain about how no one noticed Rosario was no longer in the shallow end of the pool even though six school employees were on duty.

This is a very detailed informative article from the Better Government Association (BGA) :

FOR THE FULL ARTICLE: CLICK HERE
This story was written and reported by the Better Government Association’s Katie Drews and Lauren FitzPatrick with the Chicago Sun-Times.

Sept. 2017 - ABC7 News Chicago reporter Stacey Baca also reported on unfortunate death of Rosario Gomez. 
- shared from ABC7 Eyewitness News.



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