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Parents and community members raise student-safety concerns as board approves expulsions and abeyance agreement
Summary
At a Rockford Public Schools board meeting, several public commenters described alleged bullying and assault incidents and questioned disciplinary practices; the board voted unanimously to approve an expulsion held in abeyance and several related discipline items.
Several community members described alleged student-safety and discipline failures during the public-comment portion of a Rockford Public Schools (RPS) board of education meeting, and later in the same session the board approved an expulsion held in abeyance and other discipline items.
Parent Jessica Van Diver told the board she is a “single mom of 2” and described repeated incidents affecting her children, including alleged physical abuse and sexual assault. “My daughter was ******** assaulted,” Van Diver said. “I called the cops. The cops called my daughter a liar.” She said she filed a police report and that she had not received follow-up from district leaders.
Community organizer John Tech Brantley connected those comments to a longer history of demands for ethnic studies and more minority…
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