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Public commenters press district to cut ties with ADL ‘No Place for Hate’; district leadership says program will continue while alternatives are explored
Summary
Several public speakers urged the Mount Vernon board to discontinue use of the Anti-Defamation League's No Place for Hate program and to pursue a locally centered anti-bullying curriculum. District leaders said the program has been in the district for about a decade and that they will include community input as they look for alternatives.
Speakers at the July 29 public comment period urged the Mount Vernon Board of Education to reconsider the district’s use of the Anti-Defamation League’s No Place for Hate initiative and to seek alternative, locally developed anti-bullying curricula.
Harry Soloway, a recently retired special education teacher, said the National Education Association’s recent vote to cut ties with the ADL raised concerns about the organization’s materials and urged the board to reconsider local use of the ADL program. Jeff Monroe, a community organizer, urged trustees to “truncate any…
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