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Parents and teachers raise concerns about rescinded grants, transportation changes and gifted services during public comment
Summary
During public comment at the Jefferson County Board of Education meeting, speakers urged legal action to keep rescinded grants, highlighted transportation and busing problems, and described needs for gifted education services; the board heard but took no direct action on those appeals.
A series of public commenters addressed the Jefferson County Board of Education on topics including a Department of Education action to rescind grants, district transportation and gifted education services. The board heard the speakers during the public comment portion of the meeting; no board action on the specific requests occurred during open session.
Jamie McLoine King, a JCPS parent, urged the board to pursue “prompt and vigorous legal action” — administrative or litigation — after reporting that the state Department of Education sought to terminate approximately $9,700,000 in grants intended for Coleridge Taylor Montessori…
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