Tag: derrick wilburn
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D-20 to require permission for name changes, removes book with transgender narrative
Academy District 20 will require parental consent for name changes, a move that advocates say will harm the district’s transgender students. The action, unanimously approved Thursday by the D-20 school board, came as board members also decided to remove a book featuring a transgender narrative from the district’s libraries, citing allegedly dangerous resources and narratives…
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Colorado Springs school board member files lawsuit against district parent
Editor’s note: In response to a question about banning certain materials from school libraries, Academy District 20 school board member Derrick Wilburn read passages from books currently available in D-20 middle and high schools, including a sexually explicit excerpt from the novel “Push.” An Academy District 20 school board member has filed a lawsuit alleging that…
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Colorado Springs school board member threatens legal action against parent
Editor’s note: More comment by attorney David Illingworth was added after the original posting of this story online. An Academy District 20 school board member has threatened legal action against a parent for public statements that the board member believes are slanderous. Bernadette Guthrie, whose daughter attends school in District 20, recently received a cease-and-desist letter…
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Colorado Springs parent group asks DA Michael Allen to initiate criminal investigation into newly-elected board member
A group of Academy District 20 parents is calling for 4th Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen to initiate a criminal investigation into a newly-elected member of the district’s Board of Education. The group, which calls itself Parents of Academy School District 20, submitted a petition asking Allen’s office to determine whether board member Derrick Wilburn…