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Parents and students press Ann Arbor board over suspension of We the People coach, ask for graduation inclusion for exchange student
Summary
Several students and parents urged the Ann Arbor Public Schools board to provide more information and reconsider disciplinary action that removed a We the People teacher from class; a separate public commenter asked the district to allow an exchange student to participate in graduation despite not meeting diploma requirements.
Several students and parents used the board's public-comment period to press the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education for more information about a recent suspension of a We the People teacher and to ask that an exchange student be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies.
"He helped me and other 24 students to study such huge array of information very quickly and with deep understanding," said Alexander Gladunin, a Pioneer High School student and former We the People team member, urging the board to return the teacher to the classroom next year. Other students and family members described lost instructional time, missed AP…
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