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Parents urge Owatonna board to allow classroom visits after special-education child became distressed
Summary
Two parents asked the board to permit classroom observation for their nonverbal child after being denied access; a community member read district visitor policy and urged staff to follow existing procedures.
Two parents spoke during public forum asking the Owatonna School Board to allow a parent observation of a middle-school classroom after their nonverbal daughter repeatedly came home upset and asked them to call police.
"My daughter is a special ed student at the middle school. She has been coming home quite distraught," Sarah Chandler told the board, saying district staff denied her request to visit her daughter's classroom. "I was told it was against policy, which is not a true statement,"…
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