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Student speaker urges board to address inequitable facility investment; student leaders raise safety concerns
Summary
A senior resident and student board members raised concerns during public comment about uneven facility investment across the district and student-led protests about gun violence; board members acknowledged the comments and said they would take them seriously.
A senior at West Aurora High School told the board during the Sept. 15 public-comment period that facility improvements have not been distributed equitably across the district and urged the board to change how it allocates projects. "When I walked into these schools for the first time, I saw these differences firsthand," said Daniel Damian Rodriguez, who identified himself as a senior and a lifelong district 129 student. Rodriguez described renovated floors and smart boards at some schools and, in contrast, "leaky roofs, much older infrastructure, holes…
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