March 16th, 2010 in Community, Education, Partners, People, Politics |
School Board Develops Equity Policy
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36:05 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
The Highline School Board is developing a district policy aimed at ensuring equity for students of all races and ethnicities in Highline schools. As part of this work, the board and staff are participating in a series of work/study sessions facilitated by Martin Friedman of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, a national anti-racist training organization.
The school board decided to start work on an equity policy after board members and the superintendent’s senior leadership team participated in an Undoing Institutional Racism training presented by the People’s Institute.
Teachers and principals were represented at the last school board work/study session on March 8, in which participants viewed and discussed a video examining the roots of racism in our nation.
Through these sessions the school board intends to identify inequity in our school system and establish policy to correct practices that lead to equity.
Community members are invited to attend the next session on April 12, at 6:00 p.m. at the school district central office (15675 Ambaum Blvd. SW in Burien.)
Source: Highline Public Schools website
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