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Parent tells Natomas Unified board she felt harassed, blocked from services and is settling lawsuit
Summary
During public comment a parent identified as Miss Knatsoo alleged years of harassment by the district's special-education staff, said she brought a lawsuit she waited a decade to file, and said she is settling now to protect her child's rights; no district response is recorded in the transcript.
A parent identified in the transcript as Miss Knatsoo used her allotted public-comment time to accuse the district of mistreating her family and said she is settling a lawsuit to protect her child's rights.
"I have been harassed, slandered, and had my children denied access to their education because I brought a lawsuit," Miss Knatsoo told the board, saying she had waited 10 years to file the case. She accused the district's attorneys and a former superintendent of contributing to the family's difficulties and said the special-education office had taken a vendetta-driven approach toward her after she filed the suit.
Knatsoo said the family faced three years of litigation and that at one point she was given less than 24 hours to decide on an offer; she said she chose settlement to avoid further harm to her child's education and health. She urged the board to investigate the special-education department and said she had sought a meeting with the new superintendent but had not received one.
The transcript records these allegations in public comment but contains no recorded response from trustees or staff in the excerpt available. The chair had earlier limited public comment to items on the agenda and set a two-minute limit per speaker for this special meeting.
