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Parent tells board her son lost services after years of delays; says family spent $34,000 to obtain support
Summary
At the March 11 meeting a Wethersfield parent described repeated delays in special-education evaluations and services for her 17-year-old son, saying the family spent about $5,000 on private services and $29,000 on legal fees to secure help.
Paula Sullo of 32 Hartford Ave. told the Wethersfield Board of Education on March 11 that her family endured repeated delays and denials of services for her 17-year-old son, Cole, and that she and her family paid for private services and legal representation to get the student support they believe he needed.
Sullo said her son was identified with a processing issue and received structured reading services in middle school; at the end of freshman year, she said, the district reported he read at a fifth-grade level even as it told the family…
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