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Teacher representatives urge clarity after first reading of instructional policy updates
Summary
At the March 10 Westminster Public Schools board meeting, a WEA representative questioned whether proposed instructional policy revisions — including IFA-R (course development procedure) — remove teacher voting and introduce ambiguous timelines; the board received the first reading and set a second reading for April 14, 2026.
Melissa Duran, speaking for the Westminster Education Association’s building representatives and board of directors, told the School Board on March 10 that teachers may not have had adequate opportunity to review the district’s proposed instructional policy revisions.
"The new policy makes me wonder if the district is trying to silence educators voices," Duran said, pointing specifically to IFA-R, the district’s proposed course development procedure, and to changes in an ‘‘innovation and education’’ procedure she said…
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