The Missourian asked the seven candidates for three seats on the Columbia School Board to provide written responses to several questions through a Qualtrics survey. The election is April 4. Responses are in ballot order and were capped at 250 words.
Here are their unedited responses to the following question:
As a board member, how would you support special education students and their families?
Paul Harper: One of the changes I have advocated for is a parent advisory committee for special education. A parent advisory committee is a group to provide input into the operations and management of the district. The purpose of the committee is to address systemic issues rather than individual ones. While the parents advisory committee should be constituted as an official standing committee of the board, it should not be district driven. Rather, this committee should be made exclusively of parents and be completely parent driven.
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