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Park Ridge resident says district policy change limits therapy access for preschoolers
Summary
A resident urged the board to restore transportation to childcare centers that provide therapy, arguing the change limits access for children with developmental delays and may discriminate under ADA and district policy.
Katie O’Donnell, a Park Ridge resident, used the public comment period to urge the board to revisit a recent change in the district’s transportation policy that she said prevents the district from transporting students to outside childcare centers that also provide therapy.
O’Donnell told the board that the policy was amended last month to add language allowing transportation from school to childcare for children whose individualized education program (IEP) qualifies them…
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