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Parents allege retaliation after Redwood High senior cut from cheer; ask board to reinstate or allow transfer without changing schools
Summary
During general public comment, two parents said their daughter was removed from Redwood High varsity cheer in her senior year, disputed reasons given by school staff, and asked the board to reinstate her or permit her to cheer at Mount Whitney without transferring schools.
During general public comment at the Visalia Unified School District board meeting, Diana Torres and her husband, Frank Alvarado, said their daughter, a Redwood High senior identified as Haley, was cut from the varsity cheer team this year and that the reasons provided by school staff have shifted and been disproved.
Torres told the board the district has given changing explanations—behavior, attendance and scoring—for Haley’s removal and that those grounds “have been disproved.” She said the family now believes Haley was removed in retaliation for the mother’s advocacy. “I believe my…
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