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Father tells board district is violating court order on student's school placement
Summary
A father said the district was not following a court order requiring his daughter Lillian be enrolled at Clear Falls High School and asked trustees to direct immediate placement; the statement was made during public comment and the board did not respond at the time.
Michael Harsen addressed the board during public comment and said his daughter Lillian (Lily) Harsen is the subject of a court-ordered stability provision requiring enrollment at Clear Falls High School. Harsen said the district had kept his daughter at Clearview and that the district was "aligning itself with the source of that instability, not the solution." He asked trustees to "direct her immediate placement at Clear Falls High School today."
Harsen said Lily had emailed Bayside staff in March asking for help, writing, "I need help. Somebody please help me," and that those pleas were ignored. He said the district held Lily responsible for roughly 150 unexcused tardies and absences that he attributed to the mother's failure to provide stable care. Harsen said his daughter had missed every school day under her mother's care for the last four weeks and that with him, she had missed only one day in three years for a funeral.
These remarks were made in the public comment period. The board did not announce any immediate direction or public action on Lily's enrollment during the meeting; the superintendent is the designated official to address matters that require a response, per the board's public-comment rules.
