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Parent tells Suffern board district is failing to honor son's Section 504 transportation plan
Summary
A parent, Manuel Santos Orte, told the Suffern Central School District board that staff have not provided curbside transportation required by his son’s Section 504 plan and that repeated attempts over seven months to resolve the matter were unsuccessful; no district response was recorded at the meeting.
Manuel Santos Orte, a parent and first-time speaker, told the Suffern Central School District Board of Education that district personnel have failed to provide curbside transportation required under his 17‑year‑old son’s Section 504 plan.
"This is not just a minor oversight. It's a violation of my son's rights," Manuel said, adding that his son — diagnosed with autism, asthma and, most recently, ADHD — has been academically successful and previously received the transportation…
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