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Parents press board for 1‑on‑1 nursing policy and bilingual paraprofessionals for special‑needs students
Summary
Multiple parents used public comment at the Oct. 22 board meeting to request a formal district policy on one‑on‑one nursing for medically fragile students and to press for assignment of a bilingual paraprofessional for a student with limited English proficiency; speakers described past injuries, due‑process actions and ongoing access problems.
Several parents addressed the Ball Chatham CUSD 5 Board of Education during public comment on Oct. 22 asking the district to adopt a written one‑on‑one nursing policy for students with intensive medical needs and to ensure access to bilingual paraprofessionals for children with limited English proficiency.
Oakland Piper, who identified herself as a parent, said she drafted a proposed one‑on‑one nursing policy and asked the district to adopt a formal approach after reporting prior incidents in which district nurses injured a medically fragile child in an earlier case. “The district needs a 1 on 1 policy,” Oakland Piper said, and described a history of injuries to another child that led to due process and litigation. She told the board she had not yet met or approved the nurse the…
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