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Community urges repairs to Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center; residents debate district practices on student identity
Summary
Public commenters urged trustees to repair and preserve the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center and described its heavy student use; other speakers praised Pride proclamations and student GSAs. One commenter delivered a strongly worded opposition to social affirmation policies for minors. Trustees listened but offered no immediate policy change.
Several members of the public used the meeting’s non-agenda comment period to press the board on facilities and student-support issues.
Peter Manzi, introduced himself as a Carlsbad Unified employee and the district’s teacher of the year, urged trustees to inspect and preserve the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center (CAC). “When you walk in that room, we have amazing teachers, directors who make magic on that stage, but it’s…
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