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Parents tell Russell County board of alleged student assaults, gaps in supervision
Summary
Candace Nicole Hall and Angela Ellis spoke during public comment to raise separate student-safety concerns: Hall alleged her daughter, who is on a 504 plan, was struck by a substitute teacher on Oct. 24 and said the family was not promptly notified; Ellis said unsupervised coaches led to an assault on a bus involving her son.
Candace Nicole Hall of Castlewood told the Russell County School Board that her daughter, who is covered by a Section 504 plan, was struck by a substitute teacher on Oct. 24 and that the family learned of the incident only when the school called at about 2:30 p.m. that day. "I got a call on October 24 from Caswood Elementary that told me that my daughter had been hit by a substitute teacher in that class," Hall said.
Hall said she later learned classmates had told the principal they saw the substitute strike her daughter; Hall told the board she was not permitted to view a video a student recorded and that she had to arrange follow-up…
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