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Parents at Paradise Valley board meeting allege reporting failures, IEP problems and request records
Summary
Three members of the public used the board's Call to the Public to allege mandatory-reporting failures, a district communication ban, IEP noncompliance and to request records and targeted services for students; the board did not respond during the public-comment period but staff follow-up is possible.
Three members of the public raised serious complaints during Call to the Public at the Paradise Valley Unified School District meeting on June 18.
Dr. Kira Quo told the board she is placing on the public record what she described as multiple failures of mandatory reporting regarding her child, including alleged poisoning, physical handling by staff and racial slurs. She said the superintendent issued a communication restriction on her correspondence that she called unconstitutional and asserted the district has refused to provide records she has requested, which she characterized as a FERPA and transparency failure. She asked the board to produce the records and take immediate corrective actions.
Stacy Harkrider (Harkrader), who followed, described lengthy special-education and attendance struggles for her child, alleging IEP implementation failures at Whispering Wind, a failure to follow McKinney-Vento protections when she attempted to re-enroll her daughter, and discrimination that she called systemic. She requested the district place her child back on the books, provide summer or community-education placement and ensure appropriate supports.
Parent Kelly Rosinski urged the board to lower the district threshold that triggers mandatory board review of purchases (she suggested $50,000–$75,000) to improve transparency and help the board identify non-instructional spending amid reduced enrollment and the potential 60% direct-instruction requirement under proposed state policy.
Under Arizona open-meeting law the board did not respond during public comment; the speakers requested records and action from district staff. The board did not take immediate action during the meeting on the allegations, though staff were positioned to follow up outside the public comment period.
