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Parents tell Caswell school board their children’s special-education needs were delayed, allege staff misconduct
Summary
Two Oakwood Elementary parents testified that special-education procedures were delayed and that a substitute teacher’s conduct harmed students; they asked the board to hold the EC director accountable and to provide timelines for assessments and ABA services.
Kelsey Bernett and Megan Bridges used the board’s public-comment period on March 9 to describe prolonged problems in Caswell County Schools’ EC (Exceptional Children) program at Oakwood Elementary, including what they said were missed special-education assessments and a substitute teacher’s allegedly aggressive behavior toward students.
Bernett, who identified herself as an Oakwood parent, said her son has attended Oakwood since pre-K and that the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team only ordered a functional behavior assessment (FBA) and behavior intervention plan (BIP) after a manifestation meeting last school year. “The director admitted to me in an IEP meeting in October that an FBA and BIP should have been conducted when he transitioned out of kindergarten. He’s in third grade now,” Bernett said, adding that the existing BIP is “not…
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