Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-12-29
By Dorothy B. Waleski
Garden 1889

Went the Board Education get story
and back with another Miriam office
OF special education into pretty blonde Mrs
gomery County schools.
Mrs Miller most anxious story
e people in the county because she hoping that the word will
spread then the parents of children with limited vision who
already school also children
still of preschoo age
Referras for the Sight
present from teachers pupil the Health
Department the school
own experience that she always running children by
accident who need this parents
especially in contracting parents of pre-
school children who totally blind she in the first stage
of preparing open public
schools children being only
at special schools for the blind.
Educators
such interested groups working
to get it
Miller already has list of preschool blind children in the
county prepared by Chldrens Hospital give start
for her educational program
others that the Board of Education isn't yet
The program
in different regular
all subjects except brale or with special brale teacher
who will them all subjects
the number of children needing the has been determined
An understanding the conservation consuant
service for children with limited vision necessary get
childrens parents respond.
This service year, given by
Mrs. Dorothy Evans last to Al children
took from Mrs Evans this has worked with 81 chill
dren in 26 elementary throughout
the county,
itnerant teachers children
with limited vision These children who regular
in the better after all medical has given
recton has been made because they have diff
ctes diseases of the body that seriously affect vision
because OF has recommended special materials
and texts.
1t is Mrs Miers job the partially
seeing children are located She gives the teacher help under
standing the particular problems child provides large type
books wherever possible material large type planned
the teacher in advance or makes charts gives aid the place
of child provides
reading material large print which be found the library
provides special writing gareproof paper
pencils with soft black lettering pens
These special sight saving materials gareproof paper
not available in the county quantity until
But their use has already meant great deal to number of the
county children.
Mrs Miller tells of boy in the sixth grade who until this
service made available to him had just been seat
but imagination said
; to have had educational experience.
He is bright child although they have been able to test
his 10 since he can't read the fine print the tests But until Mrs
Miller started working with him he only couldn't
didn't even know the alphabet.
diagnosis with Mrs Miller who passed
along this information of the boys difficulties his teacher the
teacher with the aid of the sight saving materials been able
to advance his reading level two grades since October
The underlying of the whole service both to the blind
and the children with limited vision is provide regular classroom
in regular classroom situation them rather than
special classes schools.
Psychologcaly this objective since whole att
de towards the handicapped should be help them adjust without
being different set apart from the rest of u.s.
other words the burden loneliness added
dicap
to get out old New Years resolutions
and dust them off for their annual appearance.
Let's Here's the perennial dieting. always
good for laughs With little touching should head the list
and for twist we'll make it really impossible
missing not to talk about diet while dieting!
Another standby promise go
early and eight hours sleep This will last until the next
mayor council school board meeting
Speaking school board hereby mention
that dirty word indignation to them until such time they release
report We will also stop Fostering them to let into their
executive sessions this subject. Sure we will.
And for the and council of Rockville hereby
not to say anything about that last mud hole Atlantic
Avenue We realize that it probably left here to the
natives happy who wouldn't know what complain about Allan
tic Avenue completely finished
We also promise into any friendly discussions
the nbrook swimming pool keep calm and cool Bloody
Tuesday at the Sentinel and to round off, to make promises
that can't keep Happy 1885, What short year that was!