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'The editing of information out of recordings of school board meetings brought the Pennsbury School District under fire recently.
Public comments relating to the board’s diversity and inclusion efforts, including the Educational Equity policy passed in May, were initially removed from the March and May meeting recordings.
At the June meeting, Lower Makefield Township resident Simon Campbell’s passionate remarks slamming those edits and the school board’s policy on the public’s participation in board meetings shed a national spotlight on the issue when his video went viral online.'
It was a truly passionate speech by a parent. Another parent
Doug Marshall, who lives in Lower Makefield Township, commented at the virtual March 18 school board meeting about whether the “diversity, equity and inclusivity” curriculum being taught in the district is beneficial for students.
“We’re creating a group of children who are essentially handicapped,” Marshall is heard saying in the comments that had been removed & were recently re-added to the published video.
“They’re being taught that they are either victims or victimizers, it creates a wedge between students and it’s divisive,”