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Residents press board on curriculum transparency and meeting practices; member moves to pursue censure
Summary
Public commenters urged Cleveland County Schools to teach an accurate, unfiltered American history and raised open-meetings concerns about a proposed Marion School sale; a board member introduced a motion asking the district attorney to prepare censure documents for a colleague who spoke with the media.
Several Cleveland County residents used the meeting’s public-comment period on Jan. 7 to press the board on curriculum transparency and the district’s public-meeting practices, and a board member moved that the attorney draft a censure action related to a colleague’s media contact.
Rob Powell, a retired public high school history teacher and Cleveland County resident, urged the board to ensure the district teaches a "full and accurate history aligned to state standards without political filtering," saying that…
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