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Board approves resolution supporting Martin Luther King Jr. Day after Rocky Mountain student urges broader, year-round curriculum on racial justice
Summary
The board unanimously approved a resolution in support of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Senior Juliette Atim urged the district to integrate Black history and lessons on justice throughout the school year, saying single-day instruction left her feeling invisible as a student of color.
The Poudre School District R-1 Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution in support of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 14, following remarks from a student who urged the district to expand how it teaches civil-rights history.
Juliette Atim, a senior at Rocky Mountain High School and the school’s first Black student-body president, told the board that learning about Dr. King “felt like one time a year where my identity and my history were acknowledged,” and…
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