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Latino leaders and parents will take concerns to DISD interim Sup. Alan King | Dallas ISD Blog | dallasnews.com

Latino leaders and parents will take concerns to DISD interim Sup. Alan King | Dallas ISD Blog | dallasnews.com:

Latino leaders and parents will take concerns to DISD interim Sup. Alan King

jessediaz.JPGCommunity activist Jesse Diaz said that he will attend a meeting on Monday with five parents and interim Superintendent Alan King to discuss concerns related to the investigation of alleged abuse at Ebby Halliday Elementary School. Parents at the school made various complaints of mistreatment of their children by staff members last fall. Dallas ISD officialsreleased a widely-redacted investigative report concerning the school on Feb 16. But a section on the alleged abuse and findings was completely blacked out. The district has submitted the full report to the Texas attorney general for an opinion on what can be released. DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander did provide information that of 22 allegations, 11 were substantiated. But which allegations were substantiated was not disclosed. Diaz said the