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Parent tells board Elliot School is unsafe for non-verbal and special‑needs students
Summary
A Gilroy parent told the board his non-verbal autistic child was lost on the bus, bitten twice and came home with facial scratches; he alleged chronic understaffing and asked for daily live staffing updates on the school website.
At the Gilroy Unified School District board meeting, parent Brandon Mcpay delivered a detailed and emotional public comment alleging multiple safety failures in special education at Elliot School. “On the first day of school, our non-verbal daughter was lost on the bus for over an hour,” Mcpay said. He said the child was bitten twice within five days and returned home with scratches; he alleged that at one point 15 students with moderate support needs were supervised by one teacher and one…
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