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Parent urges Garden Grove USD to "presume competence" for special needs students
Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education · February 4, 2026
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Summary
A parent told the board her son was placed in a moderate-severe classroom and is receiving work she described as insufficiently challenging; the board asked staff to follow up and report back.
At public comment, Madison Burger described her son James's experience in the district's special education program and urged the board to "presume competence" for students with disabilities.
Burger told trustees that her son was funneled "from early intervention straight…
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