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Alumna criticizes proposed removal of alumni speaking provision during board public comment
Summary
Carmina Taylor, a self‑identified Wissahickon alum, used the second public‑comment period to accuse the district of silencing alumni and asked why a provision allowing alumni to speak was being removed from policy revisions; she urged the board to allow alumni voices and accountability.
During the board’s second public‑comment period, Carmina Taylor identified herself as a Wissahickon alum and urged the board to retain a provision that, she said, allows alumni to speak at meetings. Taylor said she is often the only alum who speaks and framed the proposed removal of the alumni provision as an effort to silence donors and community voices.
Taylor asked board members why the provision was being removed and criticized the district’s leadership and its approach to community input: “You keep trying to find more and more avenues to censor me,” she said, recounting what she described as years of efforts to block or limit her participation. Taylor raised concerns about how the district serves students “on the margins” including special‑education students, athletes and those struggling academically, and said she would continue to raise those issues in public and at the statehouse.
Board staff confirmed there were no other public commenters in the queue; the board closed the public‑comment period and proceeded to board comments. The transcript records Taylor’s statements and objections but does not show a board response addressing the substance of her claims during the meeting.
