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Board approves field trips to sensory-friendly park after parents and specialists pushed for inclusive use
Summary
The Roselle Park Board of Education approved agenda items 19 and 20, which authorize field trips to a sensory-friendly park in front of Aldine Elementary School. Parents, special-education advocates and district staff described months of coordination to make the park accessible and to use it for inclusive programming.
The Roselle Park Board of Education approved field-trip items that will allow students to visit the sensory-friendly park on Fatute Avenue in front of Aldine Elementary School.
Jackie Garcia, a Roselle Park resident and member of the district's special-education parents advisory group, told the board the proposals reflect months of community coordination. "By integrating field trips to the sensory friendly park, we are giving our students the chance to experience inclusion in action," Garcia said.
The board considered agenda items 19 (standard field trips) and 20 (field-trip approval) as part of the education section and approved…
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