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Parents and residents urge review of legal spending and raise special-education complaints during public comment
Summary
Two public speakers at the March 11 meeting urged the board to review legal fees and attorneys' roles in special-education matters; one parent accused the district of denying a free appropriate public education and of spending heavily on legal bills rather than services.
Two Powhatan residents used the meeting's public-comment period to press the school board on legal spending and special-education practices.
Tammy C., identified in the record as a Powhatan resident, told the board she had filed notice alleging a civil rights violation and a denial of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). "By law, when a child has an IEP, a doctor's note should be accepted without question," Tammy C. said in the public comment; she accused district officials of "conspiring to obstruct my son's…
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