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Parent alleges visitors policy used to bar special-education observer; district to review policy
Summary
A Manhattan parent told the board that the district—s visitors policy has been used to bar a behavioral technician from observing his daughter—s special-education sessions after the family raised instructional concerns.
A Manhattan parent told the Board of Education on Nov. 5 that the district—s visitors policy has been used to block an approved behavioral technician from observing his child—s special education sessions, a change the parent described as retaliatory.
"This was clearly an act of retaliation," said Kevin Steinmetz, who identified himself as residing at 1825 Leavenworth Street, describing a sequence in which his daughter missed scheduled SPED pull-out minutes and the family—s BT was later barred from observations after the…
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