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Parents and students press board on tutoring, discipline and communication during public comment
Summary
Public commenters asked the board to restore high-school tutoring, praised school events and raised a complaint about disciplinary handling and lack of response; the superintendent said he had been involved and that disciplinary records were adjusted.
Several community members used the public-comment period at the Dec. 19 Hillside Board of Education meeting to raise student-support requests, praise school activities and lodge a complaint about school discipline and district communication.
Megan Dorsonville, a senior at Hillside High School and a recent National Honor Society inductee, presented a petition “with over a hundred signatures” asking the board to restore tutoring at the high school. Dorsonville said tutoring has been an important support for AP and honors students. Superintendent Micheal Glover responded that tutoring “has not been stopped” and that sessions will resume once a few staff-side administrative tasks are completed.
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