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What I witnessed at the Sept. 25 Pajaro Valley Unified School District school board meeting was outrageous.
During public comment time, a father came to speak about how his son was being bullied. He said he emailed Board President Georgia Acosta and Board Vice President Oscar Soto a month ago asking for help, but never received a response. The bullying has gotten to a point where he is considering removing his child from school.
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When another father wanted to speak about his child being bullied, he was not allowed to speak due to the public-comment time limit. When the father stepped to the podium to plead his case and members of the crowd requested that he be allowed to speak, Acosta put the meeting in recess and walked out with Soto in tow. The father, desperate to be heard, continued shouting his speech to the empty seats. Only board members Jennifer Holm, Adam Scow and Daniel Esqueda, the student trustee, stayed to listen.
That’s not right. It’s not OK to dehumanize people like that.
PVUSD needs new leadership.
Bobby Pelz
Santa Cruz; Watsonville High School teacher