Video viewing rights for all parents of children in public schools.

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The Issue

I am a mother to a disabled son who is also non verbal to a degree. On December  14, 2018 he had an incident at school with his teacher which resulted in my son getting a concussion. I have asked several times verbally and also written a request to be able to view the video of what took place that day in the hallway and still to this day I have been denied verbally and my emails have gotten no responses. I have been told 3 different stories and as a mom that raises red flags everywhere. If given the chance to view the footage when these situations occur we could better assess our children's medical needs and condition after an injury occurs. My son suffered a concussion from the information that was left out when reporting his injury. He came home from school the following Monday complaining of headaches. Then on day 6 he woke up vomiting and ended up having a seizure. Day 7 we were at his audiologist getting his cochlear implant checked to make sure there were not breaks or malfunctions with it. They ended up turning it down because it was to over stimulating after his fall. 

I feel that we as the parents should be able to view any video footage containing our very own child or children. Isnt that why we sign the waivers for video and pictures, it can't just be for social media purposes. It should not be this hard to be able to view a video that your child was injured in. They keep saying the video shows nothing. If it shows nothing then why cant I view it? Of we font advocate for our children no one else will.

Anyone else have anything similar happen?

So Should parents have the right to view video recordings of their children when there has been an incident on public school property?

The Decision Makers

Special Education of Wasington County Maryland; Washington County Board of Education
Michael Boyd Superintendent and Jeff Gladhill Director of Special Education

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Petition created on January 25, 2019