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Public commenters urge trustees to reconsider land acknowledgment and question Alder GSE program's DEI focus
Summary
Two public speakers criticized the district’s land acknowledgement and raised concerns about the proposed Alder GSE (Graduate School of Education) partnership, saying the program fast-tracks teachers and centers diversity-equity-inclusion learning objectives; speakers urged trustees to review curriculum and federal compliance.
Two members of the public used the board’s comment period Wednesday to press trustees on the district’s land acknowledgment and to raise objections to a proposed partnership with the Alder Graduate School of Education (Alder GSE), saying the program emphasizes diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) language and shortens traditional training timelines.
At the start of public comment, Dori O’Toole criticized the district’s land acknowledgment — read earlier in the meeting — and said she wanted an explanation for how the practice…
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