Those with a disability of any type need to be equal. They need enough resources to help them, which may seem like not much of a proposal or policy. However, I believe in our school system giving those with a disability more resource classes. We have special needs classes for those with special needs, but what I am proposing goes beyond those classes. We need an educated tutoring class provided to those with a learning disability. We need to think about how we act or what we say around those with a disability. Some of them may be hard to understand and may operate in a way that you may not know what to do to help them.

With academic tutoring, we will have tutors that can handle these types of situations. Right now, in our schools, they help a student with teaching when they have disabilities, and that is great. But we need more in Special Ed when they have special needs, and that needs to change. We need to have each special needs student with an educated tutor while taking regular classes and providing after-school education for extra tutoring. Right now, for special needs, they take them out on a field trip. Which is great, do not get me wrong! But we need fewer field trips and more teaching.

We also need to encourage those with special needs when it comes to graduating high school and getting a Diploma, not a Certificate of Completion. No college will accept a "Certificate of Completion"; it is not a diploma. They do walk down the aisle to get the certificate like other students. However, the school board will only provide them with a "Certificate of Completion". Some of you may know what a Certificate of Completion is, and some may not; this is just basically saying that they completed high school, but it is not an approved diploma. We need to fix this! Special needs work just as hard as all of us. However, they are less educated because our school board does not provide enough resources for those who are disabled to get more education.

I propose that we change this current system they have set in place for special needs. They have a life just like all of us and need a way forward! Our school board has not provided this in decades; in fact, they have not provided this at all! Let us show those with a disability and particularly special needs students, that we care. We will give them the education they deserve. Fight with me on this, and let us show them that we are here for them just as we are with others. They matter just as much as anyone of us and should not be treated any differently.