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Parents criticize Pleasant Valley after buses failed in extreme cold; superintendent defends remote-instruction decision
Summary
A parent criticized Pleasant Valley School District on Jan. 23 after her child was assigned to a virtual class and the district used a remote-instruction day when contracted buses would not start amid temperatures near -14°F.
A parent told the Pleasant Valley Board of Education on Jan. 23 that her daughter was moved into a virtual class for nine weeks and criticized the district for using remote instruction after buses failed to start amid an extreme cold snap.
“I cannot believe that I'm sending my child to brick-and-mortar school because I believe that is the best education for them. And now they're gonna sit in the classroom with a teacher in the room who's not really — they're just there fixing monitored behavior. The only way they can contact their teacher is via email. That's not education,” the parent told the board during public comment.
The parent also raised concerns about…
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