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Parents and educators urge district to address special education placements and staffing in public comments
Summary
Multiple public commenters—including a parent of a student recently discharged from an out-of-state program and BEA leaders—asked the board to prioritize local special-education capacity, more paraprofessionals and counselors, and clearer district responses to staff survey feedback.
Parents, educators and students used the board's public comment period to press the Bellevue School District to do more for students with significant special education needs and to address staffing shortages and burnout.
A parent who identified herself as Nicole described an extended family struggle to secure appropriate placements for her son with intensive needs. She said the district previously placed the student in out-of-state residential…
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