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Parents and survivors urge Gilroy and school district to update safety plans after bullying, transport complaints
Summary
Three public commentators urged the city and Gilroy Unified to update school safety plans, improve inclusion and respond to bullying, particularly incidents affecting students with disabilities and racially-based harassment.
Three members of the public used the meeting's public-comment period to describe personal experiences with bullying, harassment and special-education transportation conditions and to ask the city and district to update school safety plans.
Andrea Hightower read a statement from her daughter, Ariela Batshaw Hightower, who said she graduated from Gilroy High School and has struggled to trust after being interviewed by the FBI…
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