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Parents and charter leaders urge stronger academic acceleration and equitable funding for Bend International School
Summary
Multiple public commenters asked the board to provide clearer pathways for academically advanced students and to address funding shortfalls for Bend International School, with parents describing lack of in‑school math acceleration and the charter leader outlining gaps in funding streams.
Several students, parents and a charter leader told the Bend‑LaPine School Board on June 17 that advanced learners and the district’s only authorized charter school need clearer academic pathways and fairer funding.
Second‑grader Solian Buckley told the board he wants “to do hard math at school” and said he has been working above grade level at home; his mother, Cara Buckley, said district testing last fall showed Solian scored 99% on a second‑grade math assessment and that an outside evaluation later this year found he was performing at…
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