Alecia Robertson, Eagle Bay Elementary

“I would like to nominate Alecia Robertson and the other 5 teachers (Dominica, Allie, Tristan, Izana and Sandra) in the Eagle Bay Elementary BCIS classroom. BCIS stands for Behavioral, Cognitive, and Intensive Support Classroom.
Alecia started working in this classroom last year as a sub TA. When a permanent position opened up she jumped at it and joined the team in December of 2023. This classroom has the hardest and most difficult students who suffer from severe behavioral and learning disabilities. There are 6 teachers to handle 4 children. These children have everything going against them. They come from broken homes, with parents in jail, being raised by grandparents and often feel unloved and unwanted.

Alecia and her fellow teachers in this classroom are trained in how to handle escalations, physical violence and emotional breakdowns. She has been hit, had her hair pulled, spit upon, been bit, scratched and had feces thrown at her. Yet her heart aches for these students. She worries about them and even cries when they come to school with black eyes. These special teachers have had to call DCFS to advocate for these students. They build up their spirits and continually tell them that they are safe and loved. The kind words these teachers share are often the only positive words these kids hear all day.
I know these aren’t the usual cute and cheery stories but I have never seen a group of teachers who love and care more for their students then this group does. They work in difficult conditions but they wouldn’t trade it for the world. I have never been more impressed!
Most Sincerely!!!
Kim Lubbers”

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Teachers are the backbone of our community, and at KSL NewsRadio, we want to highlight the hard work they put in to help their students. 

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