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Public commenters urge board to widen curriculum advisory committee and increase transparency
Summary
Two community members told the Stillwater Area Public Schools Board that recent and proposed policy revisions exclude meaningful public input; speakers requested changes to committee composition, reporting and challenge processes for instructional materials.
Two residents used the meeting’s public-comment period to urge the board to require broader community representation in curriculum advisory processes and to make committee reports and minority opinions public when the district revises curriculum and materials policies.
Mike McCarthy told the board that policy 6.16 (district accountability and related committee rules) should be revised so that “at least two-thirds of the curriculum advisory committee not be employees or family members substituting for the broader community” and that committee reports…
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