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Student and family tell Oak Park board a child was denied summer program because district buses him outside the district
Summary
A seventh-grade Oak Park resident, speaking at public comment, said he was removed from the district's summer discovery program because his IEP requires placement at a school outside the district; he called the exclusion discriminatory.
A student who attends school outside Oak Park under an individualized education program (IEP) told the Oak Park Board of Education on June 9 that he was removed from the district's summer discovery program because he is bused outside the district.
"My name is Matthew Barker. I'm an Oak Park resident who will be entering eighth grade in the fall," Barker said during public comment. He said he received an initial enrollment email for the district's summer discovery program but later learned he was not permitted to…
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