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Parents and provider urge Pasadena ISD to address special-education transportation and to explore on-site medical daycare partnership
Summary
Two public commenters at the Pasadena ISD board meeting asked trustees to investigate repeated transportation failures affecting a special-education student and to consider an on-site medical daycare partnership to serve medically complex students.
At its Oct. 21 meeting, the Pasadena Independent School District Board of Trustees heard public comments asking the district to investigate repeated special-education transportation failures and to consider partnering with a nearby medical daycare for students with complex medical needs.
The requests came during the public comment portion of the meeting. The board did not take formal action on either request during open session before adjourning to closed session.
Shamia Zahari, an emergency physician at St. Luke's Hospital, told trustees her facility offers “a special needs, medical center for kids from 6 weeks to 20 years of age” and asked whether Pasadena ISD could allow teachers to deliver district curriculum on-site for students who cannot easily attend a campus. Zahari said the center provides ICU…
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