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Kalamazoo trustees highlight safety, facility upgrades and community praise at start of school year
Summary
Trustees and commenters praised staff and contractors for bond-funded upgrades, described positive first‑day experiences with metal detectors and reported outreach successes; public commenters also raised concerns about class sizes, racial disparities in advanced classes and test‑score privacy.
Trustees used their comments portion to report visits to schools, praise staff and review safety and facility updates as the new school year began.
Trustee Shalabarra thanked staff and the community for supporting bond upgrades that produced new turf, press boxes and other athletic improvements at Kalamazoo Central and other schools. "Thank you to all the people who supported us in the bonds," she said, noting these upgrades support multiple uses including football,…
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