THE CROTON CHRONICLE--COMMENTARY: IS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S PROPOSED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSIVITY (DEI) POLICY READY FOR PRIME TIME?

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COMMENTARY: IS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S PROPOSED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSIVITY (DEI) POLICY READ FOR PRIME TIME?

Some parents say that episodes last November in which middle school students allegedly shared swastika images were not well handled by the district.

MICHAEL BALTER

Last week, on May 2, the Croton-Harmon Board of Education held a three hour work session on its proposed new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policy (video of the session can be found here.) This came after many months of work by the Board’s Policy Committee on drafts of the document, in which both the wording and the basic approaches were discussed.

One major issue for the Policy Committee was how “prescriptive” the policy should be, that is, to what extent it should tell the district administration what it should be doing versus giving school officials the primary responsibility for figuring that out. In putting together a draft policy for our district, the Policy Committee borrowed liberally from policies already adopted by some other school districts in the region, including Ossining and Chappaqua. MORE AT Commentary: Is the Board of Education's proposed diversity, equity, inclusivity (DEI) policy ready for prime time? (substack.com)

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THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: THE CROTON CHRONICLE--LOW PAID CROTON SCHOOL WORKERS SHOW UP IN FORCE AT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

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THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: SUGGESTED READING, 5/9 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING, SARA BOYCE