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Parents and students press Academy District 20 board to address member's conduct and lawsuit after student forum
Summary
Dozens of parents, students and staff used the public comment period at the Academy District 20 board meeting to demand action after a trustee reportedly read explicit book passages at a student-led candidate forum and then filed a lawsuit against a parent who criticized him.
Dozens of parents, students and staff used public comment at the Academy District 20 Board of Education meeting to press the board to address conduct they say traumatized children at an Oct. 2023 student-led candidate forum and to condemn a lawsuit filed by board member Derek Wilburn against a parent.
Speakers at the Jan. 9 meeting — including students who attended the October forum, the parent who says her child was traumatized and several other parents and community members — described a pattern of conduct they said has not been acknowledged by the board. Student speaker Connor Lesh told the board, “The video on which this is done is still up on the official academy district 20 YouTube channel to view today.” Parent Bernadette Pittman said her granddaughter later “had a panic attack” when she saw…
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