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Parents urge improved special-education staffing and services; district and county hold ESY public hearings and county approves food-bank MOU
Summary
Multiple parents urged the board to address special-education staffing shortages, IEP and service delays and communication problems; the district and county held required Extended School Year public hearings (no comments), and the county approved an MOU with the Interfaith Food Bank to expand student food support through campus resource centers.
At the Feb. 12 meeting several parents used the public-comment period to press for better special-education staffing, timelier evaluations and clearer communication from the district.
Public-comment highlights: Lydia Brown, identifying herself as a parent of five and a member of a neurodivergent family, described difficulty obtaining supports and assessments for her child, said she believed her advocacy led to disciplinary responses and recounted an instance when Child Protective Services interviewed her children without her knowledge. She told the board her family is not receiving speech services and said staff shortages and burnout were contributing to…
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