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Parents and advocates press Florence 1 board on field safety, special education access and air-quality concerns
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the Florence School District 1 board to address unsafe field conditions at Williams Middle School, inconsistent district responses to parent concerns, alleged special-education violations, transportation delays, and an odor at West Florence High they say has triggered student asthma.
Several parents and community advocates used the public-comment period at the Florence School District 1 board meeting to press the district on student safety, special-education access and communication.
Josie Jones Carter, a parent of a Williams Middle School student athlete, described hazardous conditions at football practice: "The fields are not properly cut. The children were not given access to the bathrooms," she said, and added that when storms occur students had no indoor shelter and in some cases had to cross a…
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