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Public commenters press district on curriculum and highlight skilled-trades milestones
Summary
During public comment at the Vancouver School District meeting, speakers raised concerns about diversity/equity/inclusion curriculum and gender-affirming care, and a local employer and program leader described upcoming skilled-trades events and student outcomes.
Several community speakers used the board’s public-comment period Monday to raise curriculum concerns and to highlight local career-technical education progress and events.
John Taylor, who identified himself as a parent, urged the board to “reconsider[ ] the DEI protocol here of unconditional affirmation,” and said he had concerns about clinical evidence supporting gender-affirming medical care for adolescents. “The science backing gender affirming care is just not there,”…
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