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Trustees approve local ethnic-studies course aligned to California model curriculum after public comment
Summary
After public comment urging broader representation, the Windsor Unified board voted to approve a locally developed ethnic-studies course aligned to the state’s model curriculum (the four core focal areas) and removed an added Islamic/Middle Eastern emphasis from the submitted outline; staff will submit the course to UC Doorways for A–G review.
The Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees on Jan. 22 approved a locally developed ethnic-studies course outline and directed staff to submit the document to UC Doorways for A–G consideration, after a public comment period that raised concerns about which groups were included in the course.
The discussion began with community commenters who urged the board to include Jewish and Arab perspectives when adopting ethnic-studies materials. One public commenter described demographic counts and cautioned that omitting…
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