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Caddo Parish school-board visitors urge protections for staff on social media, object to stipend proration and question pupil-progression wording
Summary
Public commenters at the Sept. 16 Caddo Parish School Board meeting urged the board to protect employees’ speech rights consistent with district policy, protested prorating of a one-time stipend for staff on approved medical leave and asked for clarification of language in the 2025–26 pupil progression plan.
Public commenters at the Caddo Parish School Board’s Sept. 16 meeting urged the board to clarify social-media and ethics rules for employees, asked the board to reconsider prorating a one-time stipend for employees on extended medical leave and requested clearer language in the 2025–26 pupil progression plan.
Those concerns were raised during the meeting’s visitor (public comment) section, which the board introduced by reminding speakers they have three minutes and that the board generally does not respond directly to individual speakers.
Betsy Levels, a visitor who identified herself at the microphone, criticized efforts to seek screenshots of employees’ online reactions after the death of a conservative commentator and contrasted…
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