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Parent urges Garden Grove USD to "presume competence" for special needs students
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 into a moderate severe setting" and that the classwork he now brings home is easier than material he completed the previous year. "We need to presume competence and give these children opportunities to learn and grow," she said, adding that families face a "gauntlet" trying to secure appropriately ambitious instruction.
Trustees acknowledged the comment and one board member asked staff to follow up and provide a report back to the board. The meeting transcript shows the board requested staff follow-up but contains no district response or commitment of a timeline within the meeting record.
The comment underscores parent concerns about individualized academic programming and inclusion for students with special needs; the board did not take formal action during public comment but directed staff to investigate and report back.
