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Public commenter urges Silver Lake J1 board to add anti-grooming language and student-family education
Summary
A public commenter asked the board to strengthen district policy language to define and prohibit predatory grooming, propose wording to guide appropriate staff–family communications, and fund education for pre-adolescent and adolescent students and families; the board described its policy-review process with Neola.
A community member told the Silver Lake J1 School District board that recent misconduct allegations in a neighboring county highlight the need for clearer district policy language to protect students.
The commenter, listed on the meeting sign-in as Kristen Johnson, described "predatory grooming" as a pattern in which a mentor builds trust and an emotional connection with a young…
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