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Fremont staffer urges board to address overcrowding and special-education access
Summary
A Fremont educator told the board Aug. 21 that her campus is overcrowded after losing portables, that 17 students were overflowed to other schools (including 10 to Belshaw), and that the school psychologist lacks access to complete IEP assessments, delaying services.
Amanda Freitas, who said she has worked at Fremont for 13 years, told the Antioch Unified board on Aug. 21 that the campus is struggling with overcrowding, safety at pickup and drop-off, and limits on special-education assessments.
Freitas said the school had to overflow 17 students to other campuses, including 10 to Belshaw, and that some students had to switch classes after two weeks of instruction. She described physical-space constraints (loss of three portables last year) and said staff had locked doors when students from another campus accessed Fremont playground areas. She urged board members to visit the site and review photographs she had provided.
Freitas also raised a special-education concern: the school psychologist reportedly cannot complete assessment plans because she lacks access to necessary systems or files, leaving families without timely IEP assessments. "We have families who have called for IEPs, wanting to get assessments done, and she can't do anything because she doesn't have access to do it," Freitas said.
Board members thanked Freitas for bringing the concerns to the board. The items raised came during the public-comment portion of the meeting; trustees did not adopt immediate remedies on Aug. 21 but discussed follow-up and directed staff to the consent process and future agenda items for deeper discussion.
