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Parent tells OPS board video shows aide mishandling nonverbal special‑needs student on bus; requests policy and transportation training
Summary
A parent told the Omaha Public Schools board that a redacted bus video shows a transportation aide mishandling his nonverbal daughter with DDX3X. He asked the board to require more special‑education training for bus drivers, rethink IEP team membership for the student's school, and consider video monitoring and parent access to footage.
Jeremy Wilson, a parent, told the Board of Education on May 5 that redacted video he obtained under FERPA shows a safety incident involving his nonverbal daughter, who is diagnosed with a rare genetic condition (DDX3X), while riding an OPS school bus.
Wilson said he requested the video and did not receive it until April 10; the video, he said, shows aides and staff not responding appropriately to his daughter’s attempts to communicate. He told the board the…
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