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Parent and teacher urge changes on homeschool access, test-focused instruction and dyslexia program implementation
Summary
A parent and a Cedar Creek High School teacher used the BISD open forum to press trustees on three issues: allowing homeschooled students access to extracurriculars, district direction to "teach to the STAAR" and concerns that a new dyslexia program cannot be delivered with fidelity in the current resource-classroom model.
During the board's open forum, parent Scott Howard and a Cedar Creek High School teacher identified as Shelton told trustees they believed several district policies and implementation plans undermine student learning and fairness.
Scott Howard, a parent with three children in BISD, asked the board to reconsider policies that exclude homeschooled students from district sports and extracurricular activities and criticized what he described as a district directive to "teach to the STAAR test." "This choice is not just unfair, it's divisive and shortsighted," Howard said of excluding homeschooled students from activities. He said a teacher told him the district had directed instruction to prioritize STAR/STAAR testing and…
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