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Parents urge Keystone Oaks board to address special-education safety and communication failures
Summary
Multiple parents used public comment to describe alleged staffing failures, safety incidents and a lack of transparency in special-education placements at district elementary schools and requested a formal meeting with the board and administration.
Multiple parents at the Keystone Oaks School District meeting on Monday evening pressed the board and administration to address what they described as recurring safety, staffing and communication failures in the district’s special-education program.
Haley Justice, who identified herself as the parent of a special-needs first grader at Merle Elementary, said her family removed their daughter from in-person school “to protect her well-being and her safety” after what she described as repeated incidents and staff conduct. “Would you feel comfortable leaving your nonverbal child with a staff member who refuses to assist, rolls their eyes…
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