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Parents and residents press Lodi board on special-education services and field-trip equity as meeting grows heated
Summary
During public comment, parents detailed the costs and needs of students placed out of district and criticized trustees' public statements; district staff defended child-study teams and trustees debated transparency and executive-session boundaries.
Several Lodi residents used the public-comment portion of the March 30 meeting to press the board on special-education placements, district priorities and fairness around field-trip funding.
Dawn Doolittle Dolan, who said she lives on South Main Street and represents a family with a son educated out of district, criticized public comments by trustees about special-education costs and accused some trustees of slandering administrators, the child study team and staff. “There are approximately 185 students sent out of district to meet their specific needs,” Dolan said, and she urged the board to…
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