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Trustee asks district to update student race/ethnicity categories in data system to reflect Arab/MENA identification
Summary
A trustee asked district administration to report back on how student race and ethnicity are recorded in the district’s student information system and to add fields that allow Middle Eastern/North African or Arab American identification, multi-select responses and country-level detail.
Trustee [first name withheld in transcript] Ajani raised a request for district staff to clarify and, where feasible, update the student race and ethnicity categories the district stores in its student information system, which trustees discussed as “MyStar.” Ajani asked administration to report back with the exact categories currently in use and to pursue software changes that would let families specify a Middle Eastern/North…
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