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Parents and students press Academy District 20 board for accountability after member read explicit passages at student forum, files suit against a parent
Summary
Dozens of parents, students and community members used the meeting’s public-comment periods to call on the Academy District 20 Board of Education to hold a board member accountable for reading sexually explicit passages at a student forum and for filing a defamation suit against a parent who criticized his actions.
Dozens of parents, students and community members used the meeting’s public-comment periods to call on the Academy District 20 Board of Education to hold a board member accountable for reading sexually explicit passages aloud at a student-led candidate forum in October 2023 and for subsequently suing a constituent who publicly criticized that conduct.
The comments were delivered by students, parents and grandparents who said the passages were inappropriate for the audience and caused lasting distress. “He tore away the rights of every parent in that room to protect their children,” said Connor Lesh, a freshman at Pine Creek High School, referring to the October forum video that remains on the district’s YouTube channel. “It truly disappoints me that Mister Wilburn is willing to say…
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