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Public commenters press board on book cancellation, SeaQuest changes and student programs
Summary
During public comment, residents accused the district of canceling an author visit for ideological reasons, urged restoration of SeaQuest’s pre-COVID structure so students interact across schools, and asked about senior expenses; the board and administration responded with background, cost rationales and commitments to follow up.
Several residents used the public-comment period to raise concerns about program decisions and community priorities.
A resident (speaker 3) said the district had canceled an author visit and characterized that as viewpoint-based exclusion: "That visit was canceled to our elementary school and... that's a form of censorship," she said, urging the board to avoid political discrimination and to support the Freedom to Read Act.
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