Residents and educators urge Rio Rancho board to keep classroom ‘safe space’ signage

Oct 14, 2024

Multiple parents, students and educators urged the Rio Rancho Public Schools board to preserve classroom safe-space signs — including rainbow imagery — arguing the markers help at-risk LGBTQ students and teacher autonomy; a state representative asked for a community workshop on the issue.

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Dozens of residents, students and district educators used the public-comment period at the Rio Rancho Public Schools board meeting on Oct. 14 to urge the board not to remove rainbow or other identifying imagery from classroom “safe space” signs.

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