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Parents, librarians urge Kirkwood R-VII to restore automatic public-library access in Sora and enable closed captions
Summary
Parents, library board members and a disability advocate told the KIRKWOOD R-VII Board that the district’s change to make public-library catalogs in the Sora app opt-in is a barrier for many students; speakers asked the board to restore automatic access and require default closed captioning for instructional videos to meet ADA and Section 504 obligations.
Parents and library advocates urged the KIRKWOOD R-VII Board of Education on Feb. 2 to restore students’ automatic access to regional public-library ebook and audiobook catalogs through the Sora app and to enable closed captioning by default for instructional videos.
Kristen Rig, who introduced herself as representing a group of parents working with North Kirkwood Middle School families, said the district recently moved access to public-library catalogs from an automatic, opt-out model to an opt-in model that now requires parents to obtain library cards in person and to reconnect students’ district devices. "This can present barriers for a variety of reasons, including lack of reliable…
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