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Board approves OCDE facilitation to condense district multicultural course into a semester offering
Summary
Using an expiring ethnic studies block grant, trustees approved a $10,000 OCDE task force to help teachers condense the district’s existing year‑long multicultural course into a semester format and fund teacher participation; vote carried 4–1 after debate about local content and state funding uncertainty.
The board approved a contract with the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) to facilitate a task force that will condense Placentia‑Yorba Linda’s year‑long multicultural (ethnic studies) course into a semester course.
District staff said the work would be paid from an ethnic studies block grant that expires at the end of the fiscal year. The district’s history/social science TOSA…
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