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Residents urge protections for transgender students, oppose vouchers and press for expanded special education supports
Summary
During public comment, residents called on the district to safeguard LGBTQ+ students from curriculum changes they called ‘whitewashing,’ urged resistance to school vouchers that could divert funding, highlighted gaps in special education services, and proposed expanded community partnerships and supports for immigrant families.
Several residents used the board’s citizens‑comment period to press the district on a range of equity and student‑support issues.
Laurie Mares, president of PFLAG Plymouth Canton, urged the district not to acquiesce to external pressures she said were seeking to erase transgender people from history curricula and asked administrators to act against transphobia and racism. "Please take action to correct…
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