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Public commenter praises Urbandale program, credits staff for daughter’s progress
Summary
A public commenter told a meeting audience that the Urbandale Comm School District program and staff helped her daughter, who enrolled at age three and has a tracheostomy, become more open and communicative despite earlier expectations she would not speak much.
During public comment, a public commenter praised the Urbandale Comm School District program on behalf of her family, saying, "What we love about the Urbandale program is everything." The speaker named teachers and aides and singled out "miss Carly" as part of a team the family values.
The commenter said her daughter, Evelyn, enrolled in the program at age three and initially cried on the way home; "She'd want me to take her back," the speaker said, describing early separation distress and rapid attachment to the school. The speaker said the family has "watched this little girl blown" and expressed how much the program has meant to them.
Noting medical and developmental context, the speaker said, "She's got her trach" and that professionals had previously told them the child "wouldn't talk a lot." The commenter added that the child is now "open, like her cocoon open," framing that change as a development the family attributes to the program and staff support.
The speaker closed by reiterating the family's appreciation: "We love the school, the teachers, everything. It means the world to us." The transcript contains only this testimonial during public comment; no formal motions or votes are recorded in these segments.
