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Residents urge board to back teachers, improve transparency during public comment
Summary
During public comment, multiple residents criticized recent board actions on Prop C, staff contracts and library inquiries and urged support for public education, targeted pay raises and professional development.
During the public-comment portion of Monday's Lee's Summit R-VII board meeting, several speakers urged the board to support educators, be transparent and prioritize academic and staff needs over political rhetoric.
Erin Gregory, identifying herself as a Lee's Summit parent and taxpayer, opened the period with a broad critique of the board's recent actions: "If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything," she said, and later accused some board members of "pandering to extreme partisan groups." Gregory criticized the board for opposing placement of Prop C on the ballot…
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