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Tension over land acknowledgment surfaces in Mat‑Su public comments; speakers clash at joint meeting
Summary
Public commenters at the March 9 joint assembly/school board meeting clashed over the school board’s removal of a land acknowledgment, with Indigenous speakers calling removal erasure and others defending the change; several speakers also raised harassment concerns and graduation participation policies.
At the Matanuska‑Susitna Borough assembly and Mat‑Su School Board joint meeting on March 9, multiple public commenters focused on the school board’s recent removal of a land acknowledgment and on district policies they said affect students’ recognition and safety.
Jackie Go forth told the assembly she supported removing the land acknowledgment and criticized library books she described as obscene. "I am commended the school board for the removal of the land…
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