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Parent urges DeKalb school board to reinstate Westside Children’s Therapy as bus drop-off for special‑needs students
Summary
A parent told the DeKalb CUSD 428 board that recent busing changes removed Westside Children’s Therapy as an approved drop-off, disrupting routines for students with developmental delays and requests the district reinstate the site, improve parent notice of changes, and review the bus contractor’s performance.
Jeffrey Olajar, a parent of an autistic student at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School, told the DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education that recent busing changes have harmed students with special needs and asked the board to act.
Olajar said the district removed Westside Children’s Therapy from the list of approved bus drop-off locations “without notifying parents, effective at the end of the school year,” and that his son’s individualized education program calls for…
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