There are 820 special education students on Saipan, Rota, and Tinian:
Chacha Ocean View Junior High School, 36; Dandan Elementary School, 27; Garapan Elementary School, 59; Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School, 15; Hopwood Junior High School, 71; Kagman Elementary School, 52; Kagman High School, 71; Koblerville Elementary School, 31; Marianas High School, 73; Oleai Elementary School, 35; Rota High School, 20; Rota Junior High School, 18; San Antonio Elementary School, 8; San Vicente Elementary School, 49; Sinapalo Elementary School, 25; Saipan Southern High School, 45; Tanapag Elementary School, 17; Tinian Elementary School, 20; Tinian Junior/Senior High School, 29; William S. Reyes Elementary School, 53; and Early Childhood, 66.
Education Comissioner Rita A. Sablan said a special committee may be formed to draft an action plan for this type of training for parents.
The committee will determine what the parents need to do to support their children with their school work.
“What I want to see are the parents as part of this group so they can go through the same process that I went through,” said Frances Diaz, special education advisory panel chairwoman.
“They can get more resources if they only know how to get it. We need to have some kind of action plan by December so we can start training for the parents. I like to see that we bring the trainers to Tinian and Rota instead of bringing a group of parents here. So that we can reach out to parents if we bring it to each island.”
