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Parents and community members press board for phonics, behavioral supports and change to police presence in schools
Summary
Public commenters urged the board to adopt systematic phonics, expand applied behavior analysis and replace school police with certified minor behavior professionals, cited specific student injuries, and raised concerns about nutrition, parental access, and district spending priorities.
Multiple community members used the public-comment period to press the Rockford Public Schools Board of Education on literacy instruction, behavioral supports, police presence in schools, nutrition and parental access to classrooms. Hannah Underhill urged the board to return to phonics-based instruction, saying systematic phonics aligns with federal emphasis and claiming the method once produced higher test scores at Lewis Elementary. Underhill also urged expanded applied behavior analysis (ABA) services for students on the autism spectrum and said students need access to food-skills instruction so they “go home with food and skills to…
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