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Board raises repeated concerns about special‑education placement under new assignment proposals
Summary
Multiple commissioners and advocates warned that special‑education students require individualized placement. Board members asked staff to clarify how proposed frameworks would protect IEP placements and program access before adopting policy changes.
Special‑education placement and program access emerged as a recurring concern during the presentation and board discussion.
Advocates and several board members emphasized that the district must not treat special‑education placements as a secondary set of choices or a ‘‘shadow’’ choice system. A PAC member who identified as a special‑education advocate said parents were skeptical that any option as proposed "would meet the needs of special…
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