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Parent urges district to allow homework to prepare students; board agrees to review policy
Summary
A Westfield Village parent told trustees her sixth grader fell behind and urged the board to support homework to build time-management and study skills; trustees agreed to send the topic to the policy committee for review of board policy 6154 and for district staff to clarify practice and communication to families.
During the public-comment period on Aug. 28, Samantha Freeman, a parent of two Westfield Village Elementary students, told the Washington Unified board that her sixth grader has low test scores and that parents had been given mixed information about whether homework is permitted or required.
"I was told it was a district-wide policy.…
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