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says "I wanna see our district go more forward thinking again instead of going backwards." Lela Casey is on the ground reporting for the

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& will file a story later this evening. #BucksCounty

3/ Mindy Freeman,

mom, opposes Policy 321 bc "it is a discriminating policy ...[that] doesn't allow teachers to be able to engage w/students." She believes it was the right-wing school board's "intent" to discriminate against LGBTQ students.

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I’m a parent who knows firsthand how having access to LGBTQ books in our K-12 schools has played a positive role in my daughter’s life.

4/ Liz Downing, a retired teacher, showed up “primarily to support our teachers & our students, most espec our LGBT students who have been having a difficult time & whose place in the school system has become questioned” thanks in part to Policy 321.

5/ Zandi Hall, a CB West student: "I'm here bc the district has passed a very harmful policy, not only to the students but to the teachers, limiting their right to teach and freedom of speech. I'm here to show solidarity w/ students and teachers." ✊

6/ An anonymous district teacher: "There is fear. There is terror in our hearts." Critics of policy 321 have said this policy will gag teachers & lead to self censorship. BACKGROUND: "

Central Bucks School District Looks to Muzzle Teachers in the Classroom - Bucks County Beacon

Looks To Muzzle Teachers In The Classroom" by

@cmychalejko

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The right-wing majority school board’s paranoia that teachers are “coercing” and “indoctrinating” students has manifested itself in a policy that will lead to censorship in classrooms.

7/ Lolita Azcuaga, from neighboring Council Rock School District: "I'm here bc I was luck enough to be born in a household where I'm openly accepted for who I am & for being queer & my parents love me no matter what. But a lot of kids are not fortunate enough to have that. [cont]

8/ Lolita Azcuaga: But a lot of kids are not fortunate enough to have that environment at home so school is the only place where they have that. This [

] policy just takes all that safety away & it gives more adults & kids in the district the excuse to be hateful"

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