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Sweetwater County School District #2 discusses renaming classroom 'Zen Den' amid separation concerns
Summary
Board and staff reviewed the district strategic plan and debated whether the 'Zen Den' name for a student regulation space raises church-state concerns; superintendent proposed researching alternate, secular names and reporting to the board in October.
Superintendent Scott Cooper opened the work session by walking the board through Sweetwater County School District #2's updated strategic plan and its three guiding goals: wellness and safety, student achievement, and communication and collaboration.
During discussion of the wellness-and-safety strategies, a board member questioned whether the program label 'Zen Den'…
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