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Eighth-grader urges board to preserve classroom flexibility as district considers ELA and science textbook adoptions
3066493 · March 24, 2025
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At the March 24 meeting an eighth-grade student urged the Oldham County Board of Education not to adopt rigid textbooks that would remove classroom flexibility, arguing that curricular choice supports debate, failure as learning and student engagement.
Lou (Luke) Calvert, an eighth-grade student at South Little Middle School, used the public comment period at the March 24 Oldham County Board of Education meeting to urge the board to preserve flexibility in English language arts and science instruction.
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