![]() Three days before the forum, the school board announced it was no longer seeking to sell the approximately 70-acre parcel of land the school owns in Willow Springs. “I would like a review of what is offered as well as community and parent engagement,” Evans said. “And I think we need to maybe work on teaching coping skills to get past some of the problems that they have.”Īll the candidates opposed book banning, but Evans said that he would like to see a review of the books assigned at LTHS. “I think our students today, probably somewhat related to COVID, have a lot of anxiety, isolation and depression and I think we need to be aware of that,” Vlcek said. Vlcek, who is the director of plant operations for Weinstein Wholesale Meats and a volunteer in the LTHS InCubator business program, said SEL is critical. “I have not been able to find any data that shows that what people are trying to do in regards to making it more equitable is paying off in regards to the growth data, at least when it comes to the data point of SAT,” Clark said.Īll the candidates said they supported social-emotional learning, but Evans wanted to see more evidence and information about SEL. Now what I do know though is there has been a change in the culture at LT that has created more tension versus lowering tensions, and I’d like to explore why that happened and advocate for change where it is needed.”Ĭlark said that he hasn’t seen evidence of improvement in the test scores of minority students. “Just hiring somebody doesn’t mean that’s a success,” Evans said. He wanted to see evidence that Rowe’s hiring has made a positive impact. “And what I like about it is that she sits at our board table and she brings a lens, an equity lens, to all.”Įvans said all students should be given the resources to succeed without regard to race or ethnicity. “She brings a really neat perspective to all of us, to learn from her and to engage the staff and the students,” Daniels said. In response to a question about fostering a sense of inclusion for all students, particularly minority students, Daniels praised the hiring of Jennifer Rowe two years ago as the school’s first director of equity and belonging, calling it one of the biggest successes in her two years on the school board. Differences among the candidates were apparent on some other issues. ![]()
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