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Students and residents urge board to reinstate district ethnic studies elective after vote to remove it
Summary
Students, parents and retired educators told the Western Plaster Unified School District Board of Trustees that removing a locally developed ethnic studies elective deprived dozens of students of a course they had enrolled in; a trustee who voted to remove the course urged colleagues to reconsider.
Dozens of students and community members urged the Western Plaster Unified School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday to reverse its decision to remove a locally developed ethnic studies elective that had attracted large student interest. ‘‘Please consider listening to the voices and needs of the students more,’’ said William Police, a freshman at Lincoln High School, after telling the board that 83 students had signed up for the class. The appeal followed public testimony from retired educator Harriet Crude, who said the curriculum had been…
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