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Parents and teachers press Berkeley County board on rezoning, IEP compliance and removal of classroom resources
Summary
Residents urged the Berkeley County Board of Education to halt another rezoning that would move neighborhood students for a second time in three years; parents and teachers also raised allegations that a former school leader mocked parents online, that IEPs have not been honored and that vetted classroom resources were removed without notice.
Joshua Singleton, a Summerville parent, urged the Berkeley County Board of Education on Oct. 20 to reconsider a proposed rezoning that would move several neighborhoods away from Nexton Elementary and, he said, would be the second rezoning his neighborhood has endured in three years. "If the current proposal goes through, my son will be in fourth grade and attend his third school, and we have not moved at all in that time frame," Singleton said, asking the board to allow children to remain at CLS, where his sons are now thriving.
Yuliana Alcon told trustees she loves her children—s school but accused a former school leader of publicly…
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