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Public commenters and board members spar over union endorsements and national education agendas
Summary
Public commenters criticized NEA/PSEA influence and a local teachers’ political action committee; board members said they focus on local priorities, and the superintendent and directors urged transparency and local control.
Several public commenters used the district meeting’s public comment period to raise concerns about national teacher-union influence, a local teachers’ political action committee and recent flyers or endorsements naming board members.
Bruce Westbury, a public commenter, urged the board to resist national agendas from organizations he named (NEA, AFT, and PSEA) and asked whether board members endorsed the organizations’ positions.…
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