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Parents urge clearer CPAC selection rules and relief from exclusive uniform vendors at Elizabeth BOE meeting
Summary
At the Sept. board meeting, parent Christina Morerero asked the Elizabeth Board of Education to公开 CPAC membership and selection criteria, include families with 504 plans, and remove a PTA/PTO representative requirement; another parent alleged a student missed IEP services and sought district remedies.
Christina Morerero told the Elizabeth Board of Education on record that many families of students with disabilities do not know how to join the district’s Special Education Parent Advisory Group (CPAC) and urged changes to the proposed policy to ensure broader, transparent participation. “Providing written notice to all families of children with disabilities about the selection process and posting the names online is progress,” Morerero said, adding that the policy lacks clear guidelines for how principals will decide representatives.
Morerero pressed the board to include families of students with 504 plans in CPAC outreach, saying federal…
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