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Board pulls alternative-education resolution after students and staff urge keeping San Antonio open
Summary
Petaluma City Schools trustees withdrew a resolution to advance alternative-education changes after public comment from students, staff and therapists who argued sites like San Antonio provide essential support; trustees cited lack of clarity and recent leadership turnover as reasons to pause.
The Petaluma City Schools Board of Education on March 10 withdrew a resolution that would have advanced work by an alternative education task force after trustees and district leaders said the measure lacked clear goals and the district was undergoing leadership changes.
Chair (speaker 1) told the board the resolution was intended to begin a process to strengthen support for struggling secondary students but that "moving forward with this resolution at this time is impossible" because of "a lack of clarity on the goals of the alternative education task force, misunderstandings and miscommunications," and recent upheaval in superintendent and cabinet positions.
The withdrawal came after an extended public-comment period in which current and former students,…
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