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Parent tells board a communication directive limited her access to staff and urges clearer policies
Summary
A parent, Molly Regala, told the Indianola Community School District board a November communication directive restricted her contact with high school staff beyond an IEP dispute and lacked clear scope, duration, review or appeal procedures; she urged the board to adopt policy safeguards to protect parental participation and guard against retaliatory effects.
Molly Regala, a parent of two students at Indianola Senior High School who said both have individualized education programs, told the board that a November communication directive issued after an ongoing IEP dispute effectively limited her ability to contact high school staff and later extended to matters involving her son who was not part of the dispute. "When directives affecting parent communication are implemented without clearly defined scope, duration, review, or appeal that raises governance and board oversight concerns," Regala said.
Regala said she asked…
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