Arguments over critical race theory, sex education, LGBTQ+ issues and book bans have dominated Texas school board meetings.
Elva Camacho, a substitute teacher for the district, attends a school board meeting along with dozens of other concerned community members to speak against the HealthSmart sexual education curriculum at the Fort Worth ISD Teaching and Learning Center on Jan. 24, 2023.
In recent years, a number of Fort Worth ISD school board public comment sections have devolved into shouting matches over Layne Craig, who has two kids in the district, agreed, saying prioritizing stakeholders would allow the board to make better use of meeting time and focus on issues that affect families in the district. She said she would like to be able to bring her 14-year-old daughter to board meetings to advocate for equitable resource distribution across the district.
Camille Rodriguez, Fort Worth ISD’s school board president, said the board is looking into the possibility of similar rules. But she acknowledged that those rules would be difficult to enforce. Speakers could give a false address or register using a post office box address, she said. She’s hesitant to adopt a policy that would create more work for district staff, who would have to sort out who counts as a stakeholder and who doesn’t.
Policies like the one in Frisco, where district stakeholders get to speak before others, are allowed under the law, Baskin said. But in a larger district, that plan could create logistical headaches, since staff members would have to sort through large numbers of registered speakers to figure out who lives in the district and who doesn’t.
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