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Parents and teachers urge board to keep politics out of schools and expand early STEM
Summary
Multiple public speakers during the Anderson 5 public‑comment period urged trustees to adopt a nonpartisan board policy and to prioritize STEM instruction in elementary grades, citing classroom experience and community concerns about politicization.
At the start of the meeting several residents used the public‑comment period to press the Anderson County School District 5 board to adopt a nonpartisan conduct policy and to expand elementary STEM instruction.
Cynthia Windsor, a STEM teacher at Nemeth Forest Elementary, told trustees she has worked in school cafeterias and later earned degrees in elementary and early childhood education. “By investing in STEM at the elementary level through hands on learning, critical thinking, and problem solving, we…
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