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Board defends curriculum changes; students and teachers protest remarks to student representatives

Elizabethtown Area School District Board of Directors · December 1, 2025
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Summary

Board and administration said books removed from required ELA curriculum remain available in libraries; multiple public commenters, including teachers and students, condemned board president’s recent remarks to student reps and urged respect and transparency.

A contentious portion of the Elizabethtown Area School District meeting focused on recent curriculum changes and the treatment of student representatives.

Multiple public comment speakers, including teachers’ union president Jim Safford and several student speakers, criticized comments the board president made to student representatives at a prior meeting and called for apologies and better decorum. "Disagreement is not…

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