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Parents urge exemptions for students volunteering with emergency services; other parents press for tougher bus-discipline and video access
Summary
Two parents used public comment at the May 12 Whitehall-Coplay School District meeting to urge changes to attendance and discipline policy — one seeking excused-absence treatment for special-education students serving as approved volunteer firefighters, another asking for tougher bus-discipline and clearer access to incident video evidence.
Two parents used public comment time at the Whitehall-Coplay School District May 12 meeting to raise related concerns about attendance, discipline and student safety.
Volunteer firefighter and special-education attendance
Laurie Ann Fanehl, a parent, asked the board to reconsider the district's application of the 10-day excused-absence policy for students in special education who serve as volunteer firefighters. Fanehl said her son, a high-school student and junior firefighter with the Whitehall Fire Department, would miss Keystone exams because he is scheduled to respond to calls with his fire company and that existing district options (separate testing spaces or the library) were not appropriate for his sensory needs.
"My son's not gonna be taking keystones due to being in special…
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