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Mother and student ask ISD 279 board to reconsider high school assignment over accessibility
Summary
A Maple Grove family urged the Independent School District 279 board to reassign a student slated for Osseo Senior High School to Maple Grove Senior High because of accessibility and emergency‑egress concerns; no formal board action was taken at the Jan. 21 meeting.
Amy Jordan and her daughter, Lila Jader, told the Independent School District 279 school board on Jan. 21 that Lila, who uses a power wheelchair and has cerebral palsy, should be allowed to attend Maple Grove Senior High School rather than the Osseo Senior High School assignment the district has set for her this fall.
Jordan, a district resident, said Lila is a straight‑A student, an aspiring writer and a competitive wheelchair dancer and that while both buildings are technically accessible, Osseo’s older construction relies on retrofits that…
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