At last night's regular session, the Northwest Regional ESD Board of Directors established the new board equity policy advisory committee to address matters related to discrimination, racism, or prejudice, to promote ideas of organizational anti-racism, and to make policy revision and creation recommendations to the board. In the resolution, they stated:
"...WHEREAS, we focus on attaining student outcomes that are not predicted by race, ethnicity, family economic status, mobility, language, country of origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, or zip code...
Read the full resolution:
Chief Human Resources Officer Joseph J. Hernandez and Equity and Family Partnerships Dirctor Sharif Zakir Liwaru will lead recruitment efforts for members of the committee in the coming months. Members will be appointed by the Board of Directors.
