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Parents, teachers press board on textbook selection; board approves textbook committee and advances policy review
Summary
Public commenters told the Williamson County Board of Education that the board's rejection of a committee textbook choice undermined teacher expertise and asked for stronger oath/conflict provisions; the board approved a textbook committee and advanced policy 4.401 on first reading (12'0).
Several parents and teachers used the public-comment period at the Williamson County Board of Education's Oct. 20 meeting to press the board for clearer protections around district textbook-selection committees after the board declined to approve a committee's recommended materials.
Holly Allgood, who said she served on a middle-school science textbook selection committee, told trustees the process had been thorough but that "the textbook selected for middle school and elementary schools after this rigorous effort was not approved by this board." She asked…
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