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Our Blog Posts and Community Conversations provide more context about Douglas County School District and how it connects with a national agenda to dismantle public education.

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Recent DougCo Collective Content

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Dec 8, 2024

DCSD BoE Undermining Trust. Again. School Board President’s Backroom Politics with Charter School on December Agenda

Dec 8, 2024

It was eyebrow-raising, to say the least, during the November 19th Douglas County School District Board of Education (DCSD BoE) meeting, when Board President (and apparent chief agenda-decider) Christy Williams unilaterally placed an item on the upcoming December meeting agenda.

Dec 8, 2024

Nov 22, 2024

AP African American Studies Course Hits a Political Roadblock at DCSD Board of Education Meeting

Nov 22, 2024

Tuesday night's (Nov. 19) Douglas County School District (DCSD) Board of Education meeting had all the hallmarks of a trite, small-town drama – a consent agenda, a handful of pulled items, and a bit of political theater. On the table were five proposed courses and programs, including one Advanced Placement (AP) option: African American Studies. Spoiler alert: only one course was scrutinized with the board majority’s magnifying glass, and it wasn’t any of the concurrent enrollment programs.

Nov 22, 2024