• Redux: You can read all about the parents complaint here.

Marc Lyons, attorney for the Coeur d'Alene School Board, has told a parents group that the trustees want respond to their grievance re: the disbanding of the IB/PYP programs in the district. Here's parent Ashlie Unruh's response to the board's inaction:

The fact that the Board “exercised its governance authority” to end PYP is not the problem. We never questioned the authority of the board to end a program, rather, we asked for accountability for what we considered unethical decision-making that was not based on policy or facts. Essentially, the message they are sending is that they removed a program simply because they had the authority to do so, not because they thoroughly researched unbiased resources, conducted a fair survey like they promised, utilized policy-based information, considered all available facts, or really listened to teachers and parents. This is not the way a school board should operate. The courtesy response from their attorney only highlights the Board’s consistent and pervasive pattern of evasiveness and lack of accountability for their actions. If the Board was at all interested in restoring trust, they would have responded to these 200 citizens instead of avoiding us. Full news release here.

Question: Is the Coeur d'Alene School Board being transparent here?