Resident says safety complaint stalled for two years; case escalated to state education board

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Julia Farber of Sagamore Trail told the Buchanan Board of Education that a reported hazardous walking condition affecting children at a bus stop has gone unresolved for more than two years, that administrative steps required under district policy delayed remedy, and that she has escalated the complaint to the state board of education.

Julia Farber of Sagamore Trail used her allotted public-comment time to tell the Buchanan Board of Education that her repeated complaints about a hazardous walking condition near a bus stop have been delayed by administrative procedures required under district policy and remain unresolved after more than two years.

Farber told the board that she followed New Canaan public school policy section 12.10 — which she described as requiring complaints to be routed through staff and then administrative levels to the superintendent, with complaints made directly to the board referred to the superintendent — but that the process created “a bureaucratic loop that causes issues to stall indefinitely.” She said, “The system is broken and requires immediate revision.”

Farber said she initially reported the…

Resident says safety complaint stalled for two years; case escalated to state education board

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