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Parent urges cameras and audio in special‑education classrooms after son refuses to enter school
Summary
A Pitt County parent told the school board his nonverbal son has repeatedly refused to enter school and asked the board to install cameras and audio in all exceptional children (EC) classrooms so nonverbal students "have a voice."
Robert O'Neil, a parent, addressed the Pitt County Board of Education during the public expression period to request cameras and audio in all exceptional children (EC) classrooms for nonverbal students.
O'Neil described his son, a nonverbal student at Farmville Central High School, and said the student has repeatedly refused to enter school. "He will not go into the school. He'll get out. He'll stand on the sidewalk out front. He will not step his foot in that front door," O'Neil said, describing attendance struggles that began in middle school and recurred in high school.
O'Neil said the family has pursued IEP meetings and…
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