THEFT OF COMPUTER SETBACK FOR STUDENTS : SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS LOSES KEY LEARNING TOOL.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer Special education teacher Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Roger Frasca says it was more than just a fancy new computer system that his 10 students at Placerita Junior High School lost last weekend. The group of seventh- and eighth-grade disabled children were also robbed of the inspiration to learn to identify colors, numbers and money exchanges on their Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. computer, which offered sound to go along with pictures. The students include autistic autistic /au·tis·tic/ (aw-tis´tik) characterized by or pertaining to autism. , orthopedically handicapped and mentally disabled mentally disabled See Cognitively impaired. children who are integrated on the campus with other students. ``They're trainable, mentally handicapped children. When they finish school, most of them should be able to get work,'' Frasca said. The computer helped prepare them for the future, the teacher said. He has no idea when it may be replaced. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if it will be replaced. It will be awhile a·while adv. For a short time. Usage Note: Awhile, an adverb, is never preceded by a preposition such as for, but the two-word form a while may be preceded by a preposition. ,'' he said. The computer is valued at about $2,000, plus a monitor worth about $400. Also stolen was an Apple II printer, worth only about $100 because it was an older model, Frasca said. Five of the higher functioning students in Frasca's class used the system, including a 13-year-old with severe cerebral palsy cerebral palsy (sərē`brəl pôl`zē), disability caused by brain damage before or during birth or in the first years, resulting in a loss of voluntary muscular control and coordination. . The thief also got away with a specially designed keyboard with enlarged keys for the disabled girl. Nothing else was taken from the classroom, including an older model computer the students now use. But the old computer does not offer the advanced programs for their job preparation. ``They enjoy working on the computer. They want to go on the one that talks and has color,'' he said. ``It's a good learning device.'' The students had barely begun to learn on the Macintosh because they had just opened it up at the start of the school year in September, said Frasca, who has taught special education at the school for eight years. This marks the first time Frasca can recall a major item being stolen from the school. The computer and printer were stolen sometime between 5 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7:20 a.m. Dec. 9, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. police records. The thief either had keys to the classroom or the door was left unlocked - there are no windows to the portable classroom, the police report said. Frasca told authorities that the door was locked when he left school for the weekend. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The theft of a computer has created a void in special education teacher Carmen Roger Frasca's class. John Lazar/Special to the Daily News |
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