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Parents, students tell Oak Park D97 board they feel unsafe after alleged incidents; request action
Summary
Multiple public-comment speakers at the April 8 Oak Park Elementary School District 97 board meeting urged the district to respond to alleged safety incidents that they say led students to stop attending school and to be removed from extracurricular activities.
Several parents, students and a Julian School staff member used the board’s public-comment period Tuesday to accuse district employees of failing to protect students and to ask the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Board of Education to intervene.
Parent Candice Ward told the board she has opened court proceedings and said she has tried for years to get district officials to respond to complaints about an adult alleged to have made a student uncomfortable. “I went to court yesterday and sat with my kids for 6 hours for a hearing just trying to get an order of protection for my babies so they can feel safe in the school,” Ward said during public comment.
Ward said she has filed a federal lawsuit and has…
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