There is no question in my mind that current funding for all aspects of students with special needs is not enough. We need to at the board level apply serious pressure on the provincial government to increase funding for our special needs children. Many parents of special needs children were told not to bring their child into school the first week because of the lack of support staff. I strongly believe every child has the right to go to school no matter what needs they have have. That is why I also maintain that we need to look at increasing funding/wages for the support staff that are looking after these children. We have a very big problem with retention of support staff in our district.