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Students and community urge Elizabethtown board to reconsider recent English curriculum removals
Summary
Student representatives and dozens of community members urged the Elizabethtown Area School District board to restore several optional English texts and to consult students and teachers before making curriculum changes, saying the books support discussion of real-life issues and provide important educational value.
Elizabethtown, Pa. — Student representatives and members of the public asked the Elizabethtown Area School District board on Tuesday to reverse decisions that removed several optional English-language arts materials from the high-school curriculum.
Student representatives Anika and Maggie urged the board to revisit the Oct. 28 curriculum changes and said the affected materials were already behind parent permission slips. "These materials don't encourage division. They encourage empathy and understanding,"…
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