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Parents tell board enrollment is falling; trustees say causes are complex
Summary
Speakers at public comment blamed declining enrollment on 'woke' messaging and policy, while teachers and multiple trustees said the causes are more complex and urged data-driven responses; the board discussed setting an enrollment-growth goal.
At the Rapid City Area School District 51-4 meeting, Florence Thompson, who introduced herself as president of South Dakota Parents Involved in Education and a retired school psychologist, urged the board to curb what she called 'woke' programming and criticized diversity, equity and inclusion approaches as driving families away from public schools.
'Does anyone remember the notorious Budweiser Bud Light commercials?' Thompson said, later adding the slogan: 'Go woke and go broke.' She urged…
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