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Led by Katrina Foley, the Planning Commission voted Monday to allow a school for emotionally disturbed children to open at Harbor Christian Fellowship Church but to limit enrollment to 25 students.
Richard Sewell, the director of South Coast Priority School, vowed to appeal the commission’s decision to the City Council. He said the school cannot be cost-effective unless it can enroll 50 students.
Sewell, who was questioned extensively by Foley about the kinds of students who would be attending the school, said after the heated meeting that he believed Foley should have excused herself because her husband teaches at a similar school operated by the Orange County Department of Education.
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