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Students press curriculum concerns as superintendent highlights audit results and Special Olympics fundraising
Summary
Student speakers urged curriculum review of Global Community Citizenship while Superintendent Dr. Bedell reported a state audit finding no fiscal or programmatic issues with the district's management of more than $200 million in COVID ESSER grants and highlighted Special Olympics fundraising and schedule contingencies.
Several student speakers used the public-comment period to press the Board of Education on curriculum and student leadership, and Superintendent Dr. Bedell used his report to highlight district achievements and audit results.
Gabriela Blair, a sophomore at Mead High School, told the board she was excited for the Global Community Citizenship course after reading its syllabus but said her classroom experience "did not match these expectations" and that "much of the content felt repetitive." She urged the board to involve students in curriculum development or…
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