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Parent urges district to keep life-skills students in session during Regents; district says adjustments will be communicated
Summary
A parent told the board that life-skills students are left out of school during Regents weeks, creating caregiving and service access problems; district officials said changes made last year provide extended school-year options and staff will follow up and communicate specific plans to families.
A parent of a life-skills student told the South Colonie Central School District board that current scheduling around Regents exam weeks removes critical routines and places heavy burdens on families who cannot access support services when school is not in session.
Kimberly Maroney said her daughter, a life-skills student, does not participate in Regents assessments and that being out of school…
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