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Show Low Unified District board to replace opening invocation with moment of silence
Summary
During a discussion at the Feb. meeting, the Show Low Unified District governing board said it will begin holding a moment of silence instead of a formal invocation at future meetings; the change drew criticism from a public commenter who said the board previously dismissed offers to broaden invocations.
The Show Low Unified District (4393) governing board announced during its Feb. meeting that it will replace a spoken invocation with a moment of silence at the start of future public meetings.
Dr. Farnsworth, a board member, told the board it had “thought long and hard about the issues” surrounding invocations and said the change was intended to better represent the district’s students. “At this point in time, we feel like what would be best for the overall representation of the children in our district…
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