As part of the audit, students in the fourth through 12th grades will be distributed a stakeholder survey this month. Parents and staffers will be able to take a similar survey through March 31.
show will center on students’ attitudes and their experiences learning about race. Parents and staffers will be able to take a similar survey through March 31.The survey also includes questions that allow students to select their sexual orientation or gender identity. Melissa Regan, a mother of a queer child who graduated from the school system, said that aspect of the survey was important, because there have been almost yearly incidents that target LGBTQ students.
John Landesman, executive director of Montgomery County Public Schools’ Office of Strategic initiatives, has been meeting with different community groups and families who have been skeptical about whether the audit would make a difference. The school system also formed a steering committee last year with stakeholders from different cultural backgrounds, Landesman said.
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