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Public commenters raise concerns about bell times, literacy cuts and special education funding
Summary
During pre‑meeting Listening Time, 16 individuals spoke about changes to RSI bell times (4 speakers), proposed cuts to the Family Literacy Program (4 speakers), academic improvement, budget cuts, special education funding and a planned technology/security referendum.
Before the March 17 business meeting the district held Listening Time at 6:00 p.m., facilitated by Director Kim Holmes. The minutes record that 16 individuals addressed the board, with recurring themes including changes to RSI bell times (four speakers) and opposition to cutting the Family Literacy Program (four speakers). Commenters also raised concerns about academic improvement, proposed budget cuts and special education funding.
The minutes summarize topics and counts but do not provide individual speaker names or verbatim statements. The board did not record formal responses to each comment in the minutes; the public comments were listed in the meeting record as part of routine board listening time.
