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Parent urges District 99 to provide textbooks to all students, raises concerns about assigned materials
Summary
At the public comment portion of the District 99 board meeting, a parent identified as Mrs. Otto told the board AP students receive textbooks while her children do not and objected to certain assigned materials she called inappropriate. Her comments included claims about student outcomes and specific classroom materials.
A parent who identified herself in the meeting as Mrs. Otto used the public‑comment period to raise concerns about access to textbooks and assigned classroom materials.
“AP students get books. This is an AP literature book,” Mrs. Otto said, contrasting that with what she says her children receive. “My students receive no textbooks. This is a vocabulary book. Students can learn to read more words if they have a vocabulary book.” She pushed the board to explain why some students receive printed textbooks while others do not.
Mrs. Otto also described objections to specific content distributed to her children, saying she had asked a teacher not to give a particular book to her son and that he nonetheless received it. She said the material contained profanity and other content she found objectionable and expressed concern about an R‑rated movie her son watched in a social‑studies class.
She raised a broader claim about student performance, saying, “That's why the students' scores and ability to learn has dropped 10% year over year.” The comment period timer ended before she concluded; meeting staff reminded speakers that props are not permitted during reception of visitors and cut her time when it expired.
The transcript records the parent’s statements and the board’s time limit; no board response to the specific allegations appears in the meeting record during public comment.
