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Prairie Park parents press district for external audit and wider community debrief after alleged student assaults
Summary
A Prairie Park parent and local advocate asked the board for an external audit of school policies and procedures after an arrest at a district elementary school was reported. The speaker called for outside expertise (including RAINN) and for a public debrief and improved communications for families who cannot advocate directly.
A Prairie Park parent and community advocate urged the Lawrence Board of Education to order an external audit of school procedures and to hold a public debriefing after the recent arrest of a district educator accused of assaulting multiple elementary students.
"This happened on this team's watch. When a complex system designed for safety has a catastrophic failure, it is not just because of one bad actor or one person's mistake, it is because of multiple systemic problems," Dr. Sydney…
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