Parent asks RISD board to explain policy after child asked to drop nickname from playbill
A Pierce High parent told the Richardson ISD board that officials barred her child from using an established name, “Mako,” in a playbill and asked the district to explain the objective criteria behind the decision under Senate Bill 12 guidance.
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Heather Weathers, a parent of a Pierce High senior, urged the Richardson ISD Board of Trustees to clarify why the district barred her child from using the name “Mako” in an upcoming theater playbill. Weathers said Mako has used the name at school since seventh grade and that denying the name in the playbill would publicly single out the student and invite bullying.
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