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Parent tells Calexico Unified board her 5-year-old with autism was left unsupported
Summary
A Calexico Unified parent told the school board her 5‑year‑old kindergarten son has been repeatedly disciplined and denied legally required supports, alleging staff suggested medication without proper evaluation and that the principal told the child his classmates were afraid of him.
Graciella Batani, a parent of a 5‑year‑old kindergarten student at Cesar Chavez Elementary School, told the Calexico Unified School District board she has spent three months seeking help for her son and has met silence or inappropriate responses from school staff.
"From the start of the school year, my son has struggled to adjust. His behaviors have escalated not because he's defiant or dangerous, but because he has been left unsupported by the principal, his teacher, and the school psychologist," Batani said during public comment, adding that staff at times isolated her son and that the principal told the…
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