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IUSD students tell board Turning Point USA debate threatened campus safety
Summary
Students from Woodbridge High and other Irvine schools urged the board to keep Turning Point USA activity off campus and criticized the club's values during public comment; speakers described the planned debate as a threat to marginalized students and called for supervision or removal.
Students and union representatives told the Irvine Unified School District board on Dec. 10 that a proposed Turning Point USA club debate at Woodbridge High School ran counter to the district’s values and risked student safety.
Lulu Galpo, a Woodbridge junior, told trustees the planned debate “would have only fueled a fire of bigotry” and said the club’s national record raised concerns. "The mere suggestion that human rights could be debated or politicized revealed the true agendas and values of the…
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