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Parents and educators urge Greenville County board to create Special Education Advisory Council after safety, service complaints
Summary
Multiple parents and former teachers told the board about alleged safety incidents, unmet special education needs and low test scores and urged the district to establish a Special Education Advisory Council to guide system-level changes.
Scores, safety concerns and pleas for a formal parent-and-expert advisory body dominated public comment at the Greenville County Schools board meeting on Oct. 22.
"We are united in asking for a call to action to change the culture, the systems, the procedures, and the services provided to special education students," parent Amy Hibbs told the board, recounting an incident in which her son’s teacher was reported for physical and verbal abuse and later arrested. Hibbs asked trustees to create a Special Education Advisory Council that would include students with disabilities, parents, teachers and district leaders to identify…
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