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Jackson parent and teacher tells school board son missing from bus two hours; requests policy review
Summary
A JPS parent and teacher told the board she had two separate incidents that she says show a lack of district empathy and inconsistent policy application: her son was lost on a bus for two hours, and and a second son was kept out of school five days over paperwork.
Esther Margaret, a parent and teacher in Jackson Public Schools, used the board's public comment period to summarize a formal complaint she filed with district leadership, saying two incidents demonstrated systemic problems in the district's handling of student safety and policy enforcement.
Margaret said her son was "lost on a bus for two hours," and that during the incident she was told she might not continue to receive the accommodation of bus transportation because he lived…
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