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August 26, 2020 — Meeting Transcript

This is a transcript of the Clayton Board of Education meeting held August 26, 2020. The excerpts show opening procedures (pledge, notice), discussion of agenda organization and meeting logistics (moving the strategic plan agenda item, moving public comment to the end), proposed changes to gift/award reporting and a suggested $150 threshold, discussion of board subcommittees and the annual meeting/calendar and community meeting locations, an action item referencing a memorandum of understanding with the Clayton Education Foundation, and the motion to adjourn with an aye vote.
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We've turned the petition into a checklist and here are just a few of the items we'll be looking for in the strategic plan. anti-bias and anti-racism learning for all students pre-K through 12. Two, enhanced access of Black students to gifted and advanced courses and alternatives to gatekeeping and tracking. And three, the date by which the district will have reexamined and refined their professional standards of practice and shared this with the community. We invite all members of this Clayton School District community find ways that their own voice and actions can further anti-bias and anti-racism in our schools. Focus on issues like anti-bias, anti-racism so easily slip off white agendas. We ask that the Board of Education and district administration share their inclusion of anti-bias anti-racism and the strategic plan as soon as possible. Final comment is from Betsy Muehlen Smith. She writes, I wanted to make the board administration aware Clayton Anti-Racism Collective has been formed in the name of the over 700 signers of the ABAR petition also mentioned in the public comments. The goals of the collective are advocacy, to monitor and share out the district's progress towards the goals outlined in the petition, community, to build relationship and strong community in support of anti-bias and anti-racism, and growth. to offer learning opportunities and share knowledge among the collective, which will contribute to our personal anti-racism efforts. We hope to have a collaborative relationship with the BOE and admin as we work together to becoming an ABAR district.

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