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After parent outcry, district will maintain K–5 inclusion co-teaching model for 2025–26

South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education · February 28, 2025
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Summary

Following town halls and public comment from parents and advocacy groups, Superintendent Jason Bing announced the district will keep the current K–5 co-teaching/inclusion model for the 2025–26 school year; speakers urged ongoing community engagement and careful policy alignment around restraint/seclusion rules.

Following weeks of town-hall feedback and a series of public comments at the Feb. 27 meeting, Superintendent Jason Bing told the board the district will maintain the current K–5 co-teaching/inclusion model for the 2025–26 school year.

"We will be keeping our model in place for the next school year," Jason Bing said in response to parents’ concerns about proposed changes to special-education services.

Parents and advocates pressed the board in…

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