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Parents press board over planned-instruction and human-development language as trustees advance 100-series first reading
Summary
Two residents urged clarity on proposed 100-series policy changes — questioning who sets planned-instruction guides, whether adoption would be retroactive, and whether human-development instruction is being removed — while the board approved the first reading of the 100-series policies and agreed to add cross-reference notes for retired language.
Two public commenters asked the Conestoga Valley board for clearer information before the March adoption of revised 100-series policies. Lisa Bartelt told directors she had specific concerns about policy 106 (guides for planned instruction) and policy 107 (adoption of planned instruction), asking "Who is creating the guide and or choosing the reading list of supplemental titles?" and warning that, in her view, the changes "seem like they're based on misinformation and fear that undermines the hard work that teachers put into lesson planning."
Nut graf: At the board's first reading the trustees moved through a…
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