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Parents press board on bus-stop restoration, classroom lice and IEP accommodations during public comment
Summary
Multiple families used the public-comment period to urge the board to restore a neighborhood bus stop affecting school attendance, request a district review of lice protocols at Lakes Elementary, and seek accommodation following an IEP meeting; superintendent said he would follow up with school teams.
Several parents used the Jan. 12 public-comment period to press the Hartland Consolidated Schools board on transportation, health and special-education issues.
Michelle Walker Schaeffer told the board she has been seeking a bus stop for her son for four months and asked the district to reinstate a neighborhood stop that she said would not affect other routes. "I'm asking. Please give me a bus stop," said her son Colton, who told the board he wants to go to school and see his friends.
Jason Schafer described a lengthy IEP meeting and the time costs to the family, and urged the district to restore an original bus stop at Granger (Mack and Faucet) to help his child participate in school without imposing hardship on family schedules.
Parent Eric Cicchetti reported repeated lice treatments affecting several classrooms at Lakes Elementary, saying treatment costs run about $125 each time and that parents had sought a head check from the district nurse under existing protocol. "We've received treatments for lice three separate times," Cicchetti said, and asked the board to review the district's lice protocol to relieve families of repeated costs.
Superintendent Mister Hughes responded to both the bus-stop and lice concerns: he said he would follow up with Lakes staff and the district nurse and asked administrators to work with the families to resolve logistics. A board member later suggested the item could be added to a future agenda for more detailed discussion after staff and the family meet to align facts.
No immediate policy change or vote occurred at the meeting; board members indicated willingness to pursue follow-up and fact-finding.
