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Parents and students urge North Clackamas board to improve threat reporting and transparency
Summary
Multiple parents and a fifth‑grade student told the North Clackamas School District board they feel schools are unsafe and that the district’s communications after safety incidents are vague; speakers urged clearer threat‑reporting access for all staff, aggregate transparency to families, mandatory training, and acknowledgement of racial components in incidents.
At the Feb. 12 public meeting of the North Clackamas School District board of directors, several parents and a fifth‑grade student told the board they no longer feel safe at district schools and urged changes to how the district documents and communicates safety incidents.
A student, Amelia Ewin of View Acres School, opened the public‑comment period saying she no longer feels safe at school and that fear is interfering with her ability to focus on learning. Parents who followed described repeated incidents they said involved threats and, in some cases, violent behavior.
Carly Atami, a social worker and member of the district’s special education parent advisory committee, said her Asian children have been directly involved in or…
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