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Parent urges board to reverse decision moving eight special‑education students for final middle‑school year
Summary
A parent urged the Bethlehem Central School District Board to rescind an administration decision to move two DCT special‑education classrooms (eight students) off their Patroon team to Hudson for eighth grade, calling the change disruptive and inequitable despite the district's compliance with FAPE.
Eileen Deizer, a parent and the middle‑school representative for the district’s newly formed Special Education Parent Teacher Association, asked the Board of Education to reverse a decision that will move two DCT special‑education classrooms and eight students out of Patroon and onto the Hudson team for their eighth‑grade year.
Deizer said the students will lose the familiarity and routines they rely on, calling the change “not equitable” and “harmful” even though she acknowledged the…
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