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Windsor Unified public pressure leads board to place Scythe reconsideration on Feb. 19 agenda
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment from teachers, parents and students urging reversal of a decision to block the novel Scythe, Windsor Unified trustees agreed to place reconsideration on the Feb. 19 board agenda and asked staff to bring potential companion-reading and policy clarifications.
Trustees at the Windsor Unified School District meeting on Jan. 17 agreed to place reconsideration of their prior decision to prevent the novel Scythe from tenth‑grade build‑core instruction on the board agenda for Feb. 19, after an extended public‑comment period in which teachers, students and parents urged the board to reverse course.
Teachers and students described the classroom context in which Scythe would be taught and asked the board to trust teachers’ professional judgment. Teacher Laurie Lucas said the earlier board discussion had been “shocking, disrespectful, close minded, and dismissive,” and argued that educators had vetted the book and would support students through difficult material. A…
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