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Resident testimony divides school board on reviving diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator role
Summary
Two public commenters offered opposite views: Dr. Lind Lowski urged reinstating a district diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging coordinator to provide training and consistent responses to bias incidents; Bruce Fenton opposed such positions as divisive and argued the district must protect student club access under the Equal Access Act.
During the public-comment portion of the Nov. 19 meeting, two residents presented sharply different perspectives on whether the district should hire a diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging coordinator.
Dr. Lind Lowski of Durham identified herself as a college educator and a parent whose children have attended Oyster River schools. She described repeated racist, xenophobic, sexist and homophobic incidents over the past 16 years affecting students and teams, and said teachers and coaches…
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