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Retired teacher urges Whitehall to invite League of Women Voters to support new Freedom Week requirement
Summary
Holly Harper told the Whitehall School District board the League of Women Voters can provide volunteer civics instruction aligned with House Bill 591 (Freedom Week) and offer coverage on substitute days; the board noted principals decide on guest presenters and said the district already celebrates Freedom Week.
Holly Harper, a retired Whitehall High School English teacher and librarian, urged the board to invite the League of Women Voters into district classrooms to "get both another set of voices teaching civics and boost your compliance with the state legislature's newly created Freedom Week." She cited House Bill 591, passed by the 2025 legislature, as the law that established Freedom Week in public schools and said League volunteers deliver interactive, standards‑aligned presentations on voting, rights history and media literacy.
Board members responded that the decision to invite guest presenters rests with school principals and that the district is not out of compliance: "We are actively celebrating Freedom Week," a board member said during the discussion. The board noted the League could augment existing programming, and a board member suggested principals would be the ones to coordinate invitations and scheduling. Harper provided Rebecca Johnson as a point of contact for the League's local civics education team.
