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Parents and advocates press board to end K‑2 out‑of‑school suspensions, request policy changes and monthly reporting
Summary
Multiple parents and advocacy groups urged the New Hanover County School Board to revise short‑term suspension rules (policy 4351) for kindergarten through second grade, asking for guaranteed parent contact before suspension and monthly reporting of K‑2 suspension counts by school and reason.
Dozens of parents, teachers and local advocates used the board’s public comment period to press the New Hanover County School Board to stop suspending kindergarten through second‑grade students and to adopt specific policy changes that increase transparency and parental involvement.
Speakers representing the group Love Our Children, the Gifted Advisory Council, Youth Villages, and other community members cited long delays in review of short‑term suspension policy 4351 and proposed two concrete additions: (1) require principals to contact parents of K–2 students…
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