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Bellbrook-Sugarcreek public, teachers and students press board to revisit library access policy
Summary
Dozens of residents, students and teachers urged the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Board of Education to revise board policy 5780 and the district's opt-in process for certain library materials, saying the requirement has closed or limited library access and disrupted classroom instruction.
Dozens of residents, students and teachers addressed the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Board of Education about board policy 5780 and its implementation, urging the board to revise the policy and the district's opt-in process.
The Sugar Creek Education Association, the teachers' union, asked the board to align district policy with the Ohio Revised Code and to exempt board-approved curriculum from the opt-in requirement. "The SEA formally request that the Bellbrook Sugar Creek School Board consider revisiting board policy 5780," union president Mark Carrera told the board.
Teachers and students said the opt-in requirement has had immediate effects in classrooms. "I respectfully request that the board take action to revisit the current policy 5780 as a whole and return to an opt out system that has always…
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