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Parent tells South Kingstown school committee bus failures deny timely access to education for his children with disabilities
Summary
A parent told the committee his twin daughters with disabilities have repeatedly been late or not transported on time, alleged noncompliance with a Department of Education consent order and quoted Rhode Island statutes requiring transportation and prioritizing students' educational welfare.
At the public-comment portion of the meeting, resident Sean Kavanaugh told the South Kingstown School Committee that his twin daughters, both students with disabilities, have experienced repeated transportation failures since September 2023 and said the district had not complied with a Department of Education consent order.
Kavanaugh said the children “have not been in their classrooms at the start of the instructional period every single day save one” since…
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