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Parent Yolanda Sumpter says Kershaw County schools denied IEP services and raised civil-rights concerns
Summary
At the May 5 school board meeting, parent Yolanda Sumpter said her son was repeatedly denied special-education services and described an August incident where she was blocked from entering a school and told her children could be removed from the district; she asked the board to investigate.
Yolanda Sumpter identified herself during the Kershaw County School Board’s public forum and told trustees she has spent four years seeking special-education services for her son, Logan, and believes the district unlawfully denied him support.
Sumpter said classroom teachers flagged academic concerns and that school staff “unequivocally denied” services during the IEP process. She said outside evaluations show Logan has dyslexia and that he is being reevaluated for dysgraphia and fine-motor deficits. “Logan was denied occupational services here at Kershaw…
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