View the public comments and noteworthy statements from the 7/21/2022 D158 School Board Meeting below.
1:10: Mother expresses dissatisfaction with special needs’ programs at school and failures to listen to parents’ concerns. She states that each month, the board “talks about how innovative and advanced our district is” and is “spending a ton of money on electric buses when the real needs in this district are being ignored. In reality, our kids are not the priority for this district. You’ve proven it over and over again with this latest choice of choosing shiny new optics versus the real needs.”
1:15: Mother reads group statement from the D158 Parent Union noting three main concerns raised by parents attending the Union’s July meeting. First, parents are much more concerned about the district losing focus on education over the push for electric buses and reads parent questions regarding the funds spent on them.
1:18: Parts two and three of D158 Parent Union statement: Parents are extremely concerned about the new sex ed standards and would like confirmation that they will not be taught in D158. Parents are also concerned about masking being reinstated for the first day of school in August with Covid cases in McHenry County reportedly being on the rise.
1:23: Dr. Rowe responds to the questions regarding sex ed saying that “our teachers create thoughtful lessons” and that parents can opt out of those lessons. Regarding masking, he is in favor of keeping that decision very local and states that “we are not in a place where that is a concern.
The D158 Parent Union appreciated Dr. Rowe addressing these concerns in such a timely manner during this meeting.