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Parents and equity advocates urge OPRF board to protect Honors-for-All and consider formal equity advisory group
Summary
Public commenters at the Oak Park–River Forest board meeting urged the district to avoid teacher cuts while expanding the Honors-for-All freshman curriculum and urged formation of a standing equity advisory group to provide sustained community input.
Several community members urged the Oak Park–River Forest School District 200 board during the public-comment period to strengthen support for students in the district’s Honors-for-All freshman curriculum and to create a formal equity advisory body.
“I'm a little concerned about the freshman all-honors curriculum that we launched in 2022,” said Percy Hines, who identified herself as an Oak Park resident and an honors-curriculum consultant. She told the board she fears expansion of the program could coincide with staff reductions…
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