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Trustee seeks independent probe after months of special education complaints; board defers until new superintendent starts
Summary
Trustee Napier asked the board to order an independent investigation into allegations about the district’s special education leadership; the request was not placed on tonight’s agenda and will be forwarded to incoming Superintendent Brian Bell on July 1.
Trustee Napier urged the Tehachapi Unified School District Board of Trustees on June 24 to direct an independent investigation into repeated complaints about the district’s special education office, but the board did not act and the matter will be forwarded to the new superintendent when he begins July 1.
Napier said she submitted a written request under board bylaw 9322 to add a closed-session item so the board could consider directing the superintendent to retain an independent investigator. "As board members, we have an ethical duty to ensure that such allegations are investigated thoroughly, objectively, and independently," Napier…
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