HOLGATE — The Holgate Local Schools Board of Education Monday welcomed two new employees to the district and selected the recipient of the Bob Helberg Award.
HOLGATE — The Holgate Local Schools Board of Education Monday received an update on how Student Wellness and Success and Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid funds are being used by the
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Poverty, disability, homelessness wouldn’t qualify as sole reason to take kids away
With tears in her eyes, Karen Osborne recalled the day in 2014 when police showed up to take away her 6-week-old daughter. Osborne hadn’t been accused of abuse nor neglect. Instead, social workers were concerned about Osborne’s “mental capacity.” They had already removed seven of Osborne’s previous children and made plans to remove her new baby before she was even born.
Social workers and a doctor who examined the baby didn’t find any evidence that the child was maltreated, according to case notes obtained by Disability Rights Washington. Rather than actual observations of Osborne’s parenting skills, state officials deemed her unfit to parent based on IQ tests. They moved to terminate her parental rights 18 months after removing the child, before Osborne had even completed parent