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Parents and residents raise school bus safety, gifted staffing, records access and tennis-court conditions during public comment
Summary
Four public-comment speakers told the Onslow County Board of Education about unreported bus assaults and limited supervision, stretched AIG staffing, public-records questions about staff education payments, and deteriorated tennis courts at Jacksonville High School.
Four members of the public used the March 20 public-comment period to press the Onslow County Board of Education on student safety, staffing and facilities.
Rachel Pitts, a parent, described two unprovoked assaults on her kindergartner while riding the school bus and said the school and transportation office did not provide written incident or injury reports. Pitts said school staff told her the student who assaulted her child remained on the bus after both incidents and that an assistant principal told her, in Pitts’ recounting, “the bus is the least supervised place in school.” Pitts said she was told a child would need three to five write-ups before being removed from a bus, a…
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