I lay in bed shaking with tears rolling down my face. This story hits too close to home. This story is not a far fetched for my youngest son . This is why my baby has not set foot in school this year to start his own kindergarten year. This is why I will hold him a little closer tomorrow while we do his homeschooling lessons. When asked what they would do to keep my son safe at a meeting with the school division(River East Transcona) this Spring, we were told they could not guarantee his safety. From that moment my husband and I made the unified decision that he would not step foot in that school this September. The secretary was shocked when she called me after we didn't go to kindergarten registration night. I told her he will not be attending your school until I can be given a solid plan of how you will keep him safe. Not your current plan of, lets see how it goes for a week and then we will put plans in place. This little boy in Saskatoon didn't make it to the one week point. His poor parents sent him to school thinking he would be safe. Which he should have been. But that was far from the truth. I lay here now looking at my little man through his video monitor and sobbing for this poor family. And yet every year cuts to programs to help children with autism are cut left right and centre. This could have been my child.... This hit too close to home. Tonight I will not be able to sleep thinking of that poor mother and her family who have an empty bed in their home. An empty spot at the kitchen table. An empty car seat in their vehicle. An empty place in their broken hearts.....💔💔 #autism #ecoledundonaldschool #firstdayofkindergarten #whatbudgetcutsdo #toclosetohome #prayforthisfamily