Linda Jones
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resident (audience member mentioned by speaker)
7 mentions
Background
Spoken at:
Board of Education (1 meeting, 2025-03 to 2025-03)
Name verified via: official minutes (meeting 70, 2025-03-13)
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Appearances (7)
I wanna thank everyone who has applied for that position. We met fantastic candidates, and I'm very grateful to everybody who we met. And then September 27, this is the last thing, I attended the Lorraine Hansberry Coalition, part of the idea committ…
I'm concerned about this outcome that I'm not seeing for my student. I'm concerned about x, y, or z, whatever it is. What are they doing? They are advocating for a human student that is in their family. That's the person that they're representing. An…
"We will not be doing any further work at this point in time on Policy 0105," committee chair Neal Haber announced.
The community response was fierce. Elisa Silverglade, who had attended the committee meeting, called the decision "cowardice": "Stand…
Mr. Ed Riely recommended that the district consider starting a student club to support the Fuller Center (Habitat for Humanity) and that the district develop a policy regarding TikTok and cell phones. Textbooks should be examined for anti-population…
Consider a consultant to be brought in, good idea to consult other districts' policies.
Adam Moore stated that he joined the discussion at the beginning of DEI, but became disaffected and left. He feels the Board should look to best practices, it do…
Closing of the Meeting
Report: 9.1 Hearing of the Public Linda Jones spoke to express appreciation for what goes into policy, but is disappointed that DEI 0105 is taking so long. The absence of this important policy leaves people to their own device…
If they're making a list of pro-DEI schools, you're already on that list."
Former board member Linda Jones framed it in broader terms: "Public education is under attack. It begins at the federal level with the gutting of the US Department of Educati…