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MSAD 52 board votes to post student-facing staff guidelines on district website
Summary
After weeks of public concern about a newly reported transgender guidance document, the MSAD 52 board voted to require the superintendent to publish staff and faculty guidelines that pertain to students (and parents) in the district's student/family handbook on the district website.
The MSAD 52 board of directors on Thursday approved a motion directing the superintendent to make staff and faculty guidelines that pertain to students and parents available in the district's student and family handbook on the district website.
Supporters said the move is intended to increase transparency after the discovery and circulation of a document described in public comment as a district'level transgender guidance. The board discussion included multiple public speakers who urged broader access to materials they said should be available to parents.
Board member Anthony Shostak, who made the original motion, said the change would prevent repeated public-record requests and reduce the appearance that significant guidance is being kept from families. "I don't think it, I don't think it hurts anything to say this is what we're…
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