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Boone County board does not advance LifeWise Academy proposal after divided public comment; motion fails for lack of second
Summary
A motion to approve LifeWise Academy for in-district moral instruction received no second and did not proceed after a lengthy public-comment period in which parents and community members both urged support and raised legal, safety and scheduling concerns.
A motion to approve a proposal from LifeWise Academy failed to move forward at the Boone County Board of Education’s December meeting after a board member made the motion but no one seconded it, terminating the proposal procedurally.
The item drew extended public comment for and against the faith-based LifeWise program. Taylor Sizemore, LifeWise’s Boone County program director, told the board the organization had gathered “150 individuals within the county that do want this” and said 78 students were pre-enrolled, framing the program as parent-choice and privately funded and…
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