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Resident asks Selah School Board about LGBTQ instruction and how parents will be notified
Summary
During public comment, Mary Schuler asked whether the district or its teachers have discussed LGBTQ-related curriculum, whether LGBTQ history would be taught, and how parents would be notified and allowed to opt out; the board read its public comment policy and did not provide an immediate response during the session.
Mary Schuler, who identified herself during the meeting, asked the board three questions about curriculum: whether the Selah School District or its teachers have held discussions about LGBTQ-related curriculum; whether teaching about LGBTQ history is planned; and how and whether parents would be notified or able to opt children out when such instruction occurs.
"Has the Selah School District or teachers in the school district held discussions about critical, or curriculum concerning LGBTQ questions?" Schuler asked during the public comment period, and she followed with questions about notice and opt-out procedures.
Before public comment, the board president read the district’s public comment policy, which states the board will listen to community members but "cannot respond to comments spontaneously or without further deliberation" and that complaints about specific personnel are not heard in open session. The transcript contains no substantive answer to Schuler’s questions during the meeting.
The meeting record indicates the board may direct the superintendent to follow up after deliberation, but no such direction was recorded on the transcript during the public comment segment.
