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Resident urges board to remove racial‑balance language from open‑enrollment policy
Summary
A resident urged Green Local Schools to remove language in the district’s open‑enrollment policy that defines “minority” groups and requires a racial‑balance test, prompting district leaders to say they will review and correct the policy language.
A Green resident told the Green Local Schools Board of Education on Tuesday that an open‑enrollment policy email contained language he called discriminatory and urged the board to remove it.
Brandon Waeth, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran and member of the district’s Inclusion and Belonging Committee, read an excerpt from the district’s open‑enrollment policy and asked the board to explain why the language remained after being reapproved in December 2024. “Section 513, paragraph e, procedures to ensure maintenance of proper racial balance in the district schools, school classrooms, and programs,” Waeth said, reading the policy aloud.…
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