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Parent says special-education leadership turnover at Connors is a "system failure"; committee requests follow-up
Summary
A parent told the Lewiston School Committee his son experienced frequent leadership turnover in Connors Elementary special-education services and that in-person instruction was replaced by remote instruction; committee members responded with requests for clarification and noted personnel matters may require executive session.
At the start of public comment on March 30, parent Chris Netto of Ward 7 told the Lewiston School Committee that his son has experienced high turnover in special-education leadership at Connors Elementary and urged a public written action plan and an independent outside review.
"They have gone through their seventh special ed director," Netto said, adding that his son had been handed off multiple times over three years and that, in one instance, in-person instruction was replaced by a teacher in Nevada via Zoom. "This is not a staffing issue. This is a system failure. Our kids deserve stability. Taxpayers deserve accountability, and this community deserves answers."
Netto asked the committee for two actions: a public written…
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