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Parents submit petition on alleged special‑education mistreatment; board says complaint not proof of guilt
Summary
A group of Cabell County residents submitted a petition asking the county and state education department to bar staff named in a federal civil complaint from working with students with disabilities; board members and counsel said the settled lawsuit is not an admission of guilt and internal investigations found no substantiation.
A group of parents and community members filed a memorandum and petition with the West Virginia Department of Education and the Cabell County Board of Education on Aug. 4 asking that individuals named in a federal civil complaint be barred from working with students with disabilities and that the district take multiple transparency and oversight steps. The petition, read at the board’s Aug. 5 meeting by Susan Swanson, asks for public disclosure of employment and disciplinary status, an independent review of special‑education practices, mandatory trauma‑informed training, and creation of a parent‑led advisory board.
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