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Pajaro Valley board schedules special session on ethnic studies after months of community pressure
Summary
After months of public campaigning and a year of contentious debate over a contractor for a proposed 'liberated ethnic studies' curriculum, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District board set a dedicated study session for March 28 to hear experts, students and community members and to consider whether to reinstate the contractor agreement.
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District board voted on Jan. 15 to schedule a special study session on ethnic studies for March 28 at 5:30 p.m., a move intended to allow extended presentations and public input into a heated debate that has stretched through much of the 2024–25 school year.
The decision follows repeated public testimony urging the board to restore a two-year contract with CR (often called the "C" contract in public comment), a consultant that trained local teachers in a version of liberated ethnic studies prior boards did not renew. Supporters — students, teachers and community organizations —…
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