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Resident says board is ignoring community concerns over land purchase and athletic complex
Summary
A resident urged the Colman-Egan School District 50-5 board to hold public forums and answer questions in open meetings, saying community support is lacking for the recently purchased site and proposed athletic complex.
Laura, a resident who addressed the Colman-Egan School District 50-5 board during public comment, told trustees she and other community members feel shut out of major decisions and urged the board to answer questions in open meetings.
“All that this community really wants, I feel, is to be heard,” Laura said, criticizing the board’s transparency and asking why the land purchase and proposed athletic complex had not been discussed in public forums as requested. She said her emailed concerns to district officials had “fallen on deaf ears.”
Laura called for sustained public engagement, urging the board to hold public forums at every meeting until the district secures clear community support. She also said the district should “start answering questions in open meetings instead of behind closed doors.”
The exchange took place early in the meeting during the public-comment period; the board did not provide a substantive response on the record in the provided transcript excerpt.
