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Board continues 'courageous conversations' series, isolates race in policy discussion
Summary
Asheville City Schools board members used a facilitated exercise to reflect on racialized imagery and the practice of 'isolating race' in policy work; staff linked the conversation to planned changes in Policy 3,000 and urged the board to keep race explicitly 'on the table' while drafting mission and vision statements.
Board members spent the early portion of the Dec. 1 meeting in a facilitated 'courageous conversations' session led by Maggie. Using a printed compass and three historically and culturally charged advertisements, the group worked through the session’s six conditions with a focus on Condition 2: isolating race.
Maggie asked participants to…
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