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Board reinstates EPIC digital library for student use after MTAC recommendation
Summary
After months of debate and public comment, the district's Media & Technology Advisory Committee recommended restoring student access to the EPIC digital library; the Buncombe County Board of Education voted to accept that recommendation and approved reinstatement with teacher guidelines.
The Buncombe County Board of Education voted to accept a recommendation from the district Media and Technology Advisory Committee (MTAC) to reinstate student access to the EPIC digital library.
Dr. Jennifer Reed summarized the MTAC process and told the board that MTAC — a 55-member group that includes parents, teachers, media specialists and administrators — recommended reinstatement with an accompanying set of teacher guidelines. "The MTAC committee at that time ... were asked to make that recommendation at that…
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