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Parents urge board to fund 'Social Seekings' after-school program for students with disabilities
Summary
Parents urged the Newport-Mesa Unified School District to allocate funding and staff for Social Seekings, a district after-school program for middle and high school students with disabilities, and pushed for a permanent liaison to make extracurriculars more inclusive. Superintendent Smith said staff is listening and previewed next steps.
Parents in the audience pressed the Newport-Mesa Unified School District board on Tuesday to fund an after-school inclusion program and hire staff to help students with disabilities access extracurriculars.
"Social Seekings is a transformative afterschool program for all middle and high school students with disabilities," parent Emily Norton told the board, asking the district to provide dedicated funding in the 2025–26 school year. Several families and program leaders joined Norton at the podium to describe the program’s role providing social opportunities,…
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