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Public commenters urge board to act over alleged staff misconduct; comments reveal community split
Summary
Multiple members of the public addressed the board about alleged staff speech and conduct, including calls to fire or not reinstate a staff member and defenses of teachers and unions. Speakers invoked Title VI, civil-rights concerns and asked the board to enforce staff-speech policies.
Several members of the public used the citizens' comments period at the Oct. 27 Battle Ground School Board meeting to press the board on staff conduct and alleged violations of district staff-speech rules.
Mary Mendoza Hansel, president of the Battleground Education Association, urged the community to stop labeling educators as "indoctrinators" and defended classroom teachers: "We are not trying to indoctrinate anyone," she said. Hansel also described union advocacy as a routine effort to secure fair pay and safe working…
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