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Parents urge Carmel Central to fix IEP/504 and DASA notification gaps after reported incidents
Summary
Parents told the policy committee they are not consistently receiving children's IEPs or notifications when substitutes or staff are unaware of accommodations; the board agreed to review policy 8508 and bring implementation questions to the Special Education Committee for a first-year review and training plan.
Multiple parents and community members told the Carmel Central School District policy committee that staff and substitutes are not receiving or referencing students' IEPs and 504 plans, leading to missed accommodations and, in one cited case, a child with diabetes who ate sweets and experienced a significant blood-sugar spike.
A parent (Speaker 2) told the committee: "people are not getting copies of children's IEPs, being notified of their IEPs when their subs are not aware of what kids' IEPs are," and described an elementary student whose blood sugar rose to 380 after sweets were given. The chair…
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