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Parents accuse school board of delayed disclosure and demand 24-hour notification policy
Summary
Multiple parents and the Parent Action Coalition told the Jacksonville North Pulaski School District board it waited roughly 59–60 days to notify families about a staff arrest; speakers demanded a formal parental-notification policy, transparency, and the board's resignation while the board announced plans for a crisis-management training manual and a forthcoming work session.
Parents and community advocates at Monday's Jacksonville North Pulaski School District board meeting sharply criticized district leadership for what they said was a months-long delay in informing families about a staff arrest and pressed the board to adopt a formal parental-notification policy.
"Silence is not a safety strategy," said Maria Hagler, who identified herself as a mother of a Bayou Meadow Elementary student and asked the board to commit to a policy guaranteeing notification of staff-related safety incidents within 24 hours, not 60. Several speakers said parents were not notified until early December about an investigation the district had begun in mid-October.
Theresa Cook told the board, "This board,…
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