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Student board members urge clearer hall-monitor rules, say elevator passes failed students with disabilities
Summary
Student speakers told the Albany City School District board that hall monitors at Albany High are unevenly enforcing rules, sometimes seeking students' social-media contacts and, in one set of anonymous statements, touching students in ways that made them uncomfortable. A separate student said elevator-access passes regularly fail, hindering students with mobility needs and potentially violating Section 504 plans.
Student speakers told the Albany City School District Board of Education on Monday night that problems with hall monitors and elevator-access passes at Albany High are affecting students' safety and access to classes.
“Many students feel that hall monitors aren't properly informed of their specific duties and aren't fulfilling their duties,” one student said during the public-comment period, reading anonymous accounts that alleged favoritism, inconsistent phone…
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