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Parents press Duarte Unified board for clearer communication after incidents at Valley View Elementary

Duarte Unified School District Board of Education · February 20, 2026
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Summary

Several parents told the Duarte Unified board that repeated classroom disruptions and an incident they say included a student striking another student and a teacher have not been adequately communicated; they asked for proactive placement and safety solutions.

Multiple parents from the Duarte Unified community urged the board to improve communication and proactive safety planning after what they described as repeated disruptions at Valley View Elementary.

Patty Navarette told trustees her child’s fourth-grade classroom "experienced months of classroom disruption, repeated evacuations, and loss of instructional time" because of a student placement the district had previously acknowledged as harmful. "The solution should not move the problem,"…

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