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Parent asks board to allow medically exempt child back to class while appeal proceeds
Summary
A Williamsville parent said a New York State Supreme Court judge deemed his son's medical exemption valid but the district is keeping the child out of school pending appeal; he argued the district's use of an automatic stay is discretionary and requested immediate reinstatement pending appeal.
At the March 10 board meeting, a parent identified as Paul (speaker 16) told the board his medically fragile child has been excluded from in‑person school since November despite a New York State Supreme Court judge’s January ruling that the medical exemption is valid. Paul said the judge found the child “is not a public‑health risk” and called the district’s continued exclusion ‘‘a choice you are making’’ because the district is relying on an automatic stay…
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