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Parents and classified employees press Chula Vista board over student safety and special-education contractors
Summary
Parents described injuries and alleged aide misconduct at special-day classrooms and urged investigations; classified employees warned that $18 million in special-education vendor renewals displace district staff and called for transparent job postings and vendor reviews.
Several parents and a union representative pressed the Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education on school safety and the district’s use of outside contractors during the board’s regular meeting.
At public comment, parent Bianca Carvajal said her son, who attends Allen Elementary in a special-day classroom, has returned from school with bruises on his rib cage, abdomen and chest and once showed a piece of skin missing from his hand. Carvajal said her son told her an aide "pinched him" and called it "the secret," and she asked the board for an investigation and follow-up from Superintendent Eduardo Reyes.
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