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Parents, union members press Evergreen board on alleged undisclosed supplemental contracts and audit delay
Summary
Several public commenters, including former district payroll staff and union representatives, told the Evergreen School District board the State Auditor's Office will delay release of the district's accountability audit while it examines supplemental contracts; commenters urged transparency and asked the board to hold administrators accountable.
Rebecca Goldman, a parent of a preschool student, warned that the board's proposed revisions to Policy 14.40 would reduce accessibility for disabled and multilingual community members by eliminating video recordings and automated captions and would increase staff work to fulfill records requests.
"Please don't create more work for our overburden admin staff with this absurd policy, and please provide better accessibility for our disabled and multilingual community members," Goldman said during public comment.
Former payroll employee Danny Stephenson told the board he lost…
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