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Public commenters press Great Neck board on 504 accommodations, Brandeis/antisemitism follow-up and union response
Summary
Speakers during open time asked the board for responses on 504 accommodations procedures, called for transparency and consistency on Brandeis project/media literacy rollout, raised concerns about school rankings and asked unions to address an NEA-linked content error.
Several members of the Great Neck community used the meeting's open time to press the board for clearer procedures and follow-up on special-education accommodations, to request public accountability for curriculum projects, and to urge union leadership to respond to a recently removed external link on the NEA website.
Ivan Zhu asked the board to address three concerns with the district's student-accommodation process: low awareness of 504 accommodations among families and staff; insufficient training for teachers, administrators and counselors; and a practice he said penalizes students by denying make-ups for work completed during an evaluation period. Zhu said he provided the district a handout with specific proposals, advocacy references and a draft amendment to the district's 504 policy and said he had…
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