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Local NAACP asks Middletown board to partner on literacy, anti-bullying and mental-health outreach
Summary
Aliyah Castillo, education committee chair for the local NAACP, asked the board to collaborate on literacy initiatives and an anti-bullying/mental-health event planned for September, and district staff and board members offered to post resources and connect partners.
Aliyah Castillo, who said she has been a resident of Middletown for 21 years and identified herself as the NAACP local education committee chair and an educator, addressed the board during public participation to introduce the NAACP’s recent work and upcoming plans.
Castillo described a literacy initiative that has distributed free books and hosted a showing of the documentary The Right to Read, and she outlined an anti-bullying and mental-health awareness event the NAACP hopes to launch in September to share tools and resources for parents and community members. She invited district collaboration and provided a flyer and a QR code linking to her organization’s meetings.
Board members and district staff responded with next steps: the communications team was identified as the point to post NAACP materials on the district website and social channels; a board member with experience in mental-health services offered to share resources; another board member offered to include the NAACP in the district’s annual back-to-school barbecue event. Castillo said the NAACP meets the last Monday of each month and encouraged board members and staff to connect.
The exchange was presented as a request for collaboration rather than a formal district action; the board did not take a formal vote on NAACP requests during the meeting.
