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Parents and advocates press district on special education issues; committee approves new legal services contract
Summary
Public commenters and the committee discussed a Case Collaborative report and allegations that Northampton routinely violated special education laws. The committee approved hiring Nuttall, McEvoy & Joyce for special-education legal services at $240 an hour to replace a higher-cost single-attorney firm.
Numerous public commenters and committee members raised concerns about special education services in Northampton at the Aug. 14 School Committee meeting, and the committee approved retaining a new law firm for special-education legal work.
Public commenter Gaurav Jasnani told the committee he had asked the district for documents and said he believed the district had violated laws protecting students with disabilities "in my child's case," asserting the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education had found…
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