Class of 2012 . . .

Dustin is a senior this year in school.  He will attend school until he is 22 years old, but he will receive a certificate of completion this year.  He attends a Functional Skills Class that serves moderately mentally handicapped kids.  They work on the skills he will need to participate in society as a whole.  He can make change, he can tell time, he knows the difference between men's and women's restrooms.  He is only reading at a prekindergarten level, but he can decipher a basic grocery list.  It is a program that has been successful for him.  I am not certain whether he will participate in graduation ceremonies, but I took his senior pictures today.