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Riverside Unified board faces sustained public outcry after district social‑media post about Poly High forfeit
Summary
Dozens of speakers pressed the Riverside Unified School District board on Aug. 21 after a district social‑media post announcing Riverside Poly High School’s forfeit drew intense community response and national media attention.
Dozens of speakers pressed the Riverside Unified School District board on Aug. 21 after a district social‑media post announcing Riverside Poly High School’s forfeit drew intense community response and national media attention. Parents, students and local advocacy groups asked the board to explain who authorized the post and to act to protect student safety.
The contested post, which the district put on its channels, “had huge reach,” one parent said, pointing to hundreds of comments and thousands of reactions on Facebook and Instagram. Multiple callers said the post implicitly identified and endangered a transgender student involved in the controversy.
“Your post allowed this sort of…
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