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Public speakers press RUSD trustees over UCR STEM lease, transparency and conflicts
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the May 8 Riverside Unified board meeting urged transparency after a closed-session decision on the UCR lease for a STEM center. Speakers raised conflict-of-interest concerns, questioned record requests and liability premiums, and urged engagement with the STEM campus community.
Several community members used the board's public-comment period May 8 to press trustees about a closed-session action related to the University of California, Riverside partnership and a proposed STEM center.
Joshua Zonker, a Riverside STEM Academy teacher, said he was "shocked and deeply disappointed" by what he called a lack of transparency after trustees voted in closed session to move away from the UCR lease agreement. "You made no effort to speak to STEM Academy staff...the entire STEM community feels blindsided," he…
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