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Public commenters press board on religious invocations and student-data privacy
Summary
During public comment at the March 23 meeting, residents challenged the board's invocation policy as unconstitutional and raised concerns that classroom apps and AI tools are collecting student data; the board requested documentation for follow-up.
CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — Public comment at the Catawba County Board of Education's March 23 meeting included a challenge to the board's invocation policy and concerns about student data collection through educational apps.
Lawrence Wiedemann, a public commenter, told the board that policy 2.315 and the board's practice of allowing invocations at meetings "has established as part of this government function…
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