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Parents and residents urge council to bar trustee from Character Counts appearances after school-board slur; council says issue is outside its jurisdiction
Summary
Multiple parents and residents urged Mission Viejo's City Council to ask Capistrano Unified trustee Judy Balakas not to participate in Character Counts awards at Bathgate and other local schools after she used a racial slur at a school-board meeting. The council said the matter is outside its authority and suggested the community-of-character leadership address it.
Several parents and community members used the public-comment period at the May 20 Mission Viejo City Council meeting to urge the council to act after Capistrano Unified School District trustee Judy Balakas used a racial slur during a March board meeting.
Roger Perez, a Bathgate parent, asked the council to formally request that the trustee recuse herself from participating in Character Counts awards at Bathgate, citing the trustee's use of the slur and…
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