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Parents and students protest reassignment of Los Altos therapeutic special-education teacher
Summary
Families and students told the board that moving Dr. Persephone Hintlian off Los Altos High with little notice would harm vulnerable students' progress; parents asked the board to reconsider and called for a transition plan.
Multiple students, parents and colleagues addressed the board May 19 to oppose a district staffing decision that will place Dr. Persephone Hintlian at Mountain View High next school year.
Speakers described Dr. Hintlian as a cornerstone of Los Altos High's therapeutically enhanced special education program and said the reassignment was announced to families with little time to plan. "They've been the difference between my child surviving Los Altos High School and thriving," parent Ron Nagy said in…
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