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Students push no‑idling policy; parents raise safety, class-size and library-content concerns
Summary
During public comment students called on the district to adopt a no‑idling policy based on their parking‑lot monitoring, and multiple parents requested more transparency about an employee misconduct case, raised alarm about planned classroom-size increases, and asked board members to review library content.
Public comment at the Forest Hills board meeting brought a mix of student environmental proposals and parental concerns about safety, staffing and library materials.
Students who monitored school pickup lines asked the board to adopt a no‑idling policy ahead of a pending state bill. One student speaker said their class recorded 30–50 cars per day idling up to 20 minutes and reported an observed 75% idling rate; they asked the…
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