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Diversity takes center stage at D153 meeting

The desire for a diverse workforce and culture among District 153 schools wasn’t on the agenda for the board’s Monday,  May 6, meeting, but it clearly was on the minds of both the board members and the audience.

After the usual housekeeping issues such as approval of previous minutes, the diversity question bubbled to the top when Kimmee Rodgers, a former teacher at Willow School, appealed to the board to make every effort to retain…

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