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Community speakers press board on consent agenda and demand anti‑racism policy be restored
Summary
Multiple residents, students and community groups urged the Calvert County Board of Education to restore an anti‑racism policy and to change public‑comment procedures; speakers criticized use of the consent agenda for contested items and the board's timing for taking public comment.
Several members of the public used the meeting's public‑comment period to urge the Calvert County Board of Education to reinstate an anti‑racism policy and to change how the board handles public comment and consent‑agenda items.
Danielle Puck described moving contested or controversial items onto the consent agenda as a misuse of the process and urged the board to allow meaningful engagement before votes. "Yes. Pushing public comment to the end really kinda defeats the purpose of this whole civic engagement thing,"…
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