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Parent urges board to keep independent out-of-school-suspension appeal; administration seeks streamlined single-level review
Summary
A parent described repeated suspensions of his autistic child and urged the board to retain an impartial OSS appeal reviewer; district staff said proposed revisions would align the appeal process with current organizational roles and streamline reviews within the Office of Teaching and Learning.
At the Fayetteville School District board meeting a parent urged the board to reject proposed changes to the out-of-school suspension (OSS) appeal process, saying the revisions would remove meaningful impartial review for families of students with disabilities.
Joe Askins, who identified himself as a Fayetteville parent, told the board his 6-year-old first grader—who has autism—was suspended four times during the school year, including two suspensions of two days each. Askins said the suspensions were direct manifestations of the child’s disability and argued that the child’s individualized education program (IEP) and behavior plan were not followed. ‘‘When staff lack proper training, when staff ignore key supports, the district fails this…
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