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Resident urges district to eliminate social-emotional learning; board directs staff to review
Summary
A resident told the Gilbert Public Schools board that social-emotional learning (SEL) should be removed, citing cost and studies he said showed harm; the board asked staff to place a review of SEL on a future agenda.
Richard Young, a resident who addressed the board during the public-comment period on Feb. 25, asked the Governing Board to "eliminate social emotional learning," telling trustees he believed the program cost the district $68,000 annually and that he had provided research and materials to board leadership.
Young asserted that social-emotional learning had been criticized as a "Trojan horse for introducing…
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