AUBURN — The Auburn school board has been hearing from parents upset about the presence of a nonfiction young adult book in the high school library, bringing a debate that s
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With a few exceptions, Auburn Enlarged City School District Board of Education meetings have attracted few if any members of the public over the last few years.
But since a district budget hearing in mid-May, residents have been turning out in increasing numbers to air out a variety of concerns. Those include the process involved in a possible renaming of the high school that was later paused by the board, concerns that board members were using their positions to implement their personal and political agendas, and complaints that the board has not taken school bullying seriously enough.Â
On Tuesday, with the agenda including the election of a board president and vice president for the 2021-22 fiscal year, the high school library was packed for the board s regular meeting. By the time it was over, people were shouting and extra police officers had arrived.
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