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Parents and students criticize district instructional changes, cite busing and enrollment concerns
Summary
Speakers at the Ketchikan school board’s May 28 meeting accused district leaders of making undisclosed instructional-model changes and warned of school disenrollment, long bus rides and families leaving the community.
At the May 28 Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Board of Education meeting, community members voiced sharp criticism of recent instructional-model changes and the district’s communication about them.
Tiffany Cook, speaking for a newly formed nonprofit called Save Our Students, told the board that on May 14 the group’s legal counsel delivered a letter citing alleged violations of district policy and state statutes and requested a written response by May 22. Cook said the district acknowledged receipt but provided no substantive reply and…
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