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Parent urges board to fix middle school track accessibility and fencing
Summary
Katherine Smyser, a parent and district teacher aide, asked the board to address the middle school dirt track’s lack of ADA accessibility for wheelchair users and safety issues from missing fencing, calling it an omission from the capital plan that affects inclusion and student safety.
At the open-comment portion that is recorded in the minutes, Katherine Smyser — identified as a parent and teacher aide — urged the board to consider long-term building maintenance items not included in the district’s capital plan, singling out the middle school dirt track as both inaccessible to wheelchair users and a safety risk because of missing fencing.
Smyser described current practice: "the current dirt track is inaccessible to them to the point where our wheelchair user students who participate in gym class have to wheel themselves around the tennis courts while their peers go around the track." She also raised concerns about the lack of fencing between the track and the former Value City parking lot and along Maple Road, and said principals and staff (Dr. Ginestre and Mr. Feldmann) had been receptive to prior conversations about the issue.
Smyser asked the board to consider maintenance needs and accessibility gaps that were not included in the capital project; the minutes record her remarks but do not record a board response or a directive to staff in the Feb. 10 meeting.
