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Sequoia Union High School District has settled a lawsuit filed by six families who claimed teachers and administrators at Woodside and Menlo-Atherton high schools failed to address a rise in antisemitism. The settlement agreement, signed by the district’s board on Thursday, includes:
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• Changing district policy to name • Over the next three years, teachers and define antisemitism as a prohibited must clear any materials related to the form of discrimination, conflict in Gaza with an independent • Mandatory annual antisemitism reviewer who will be agreed upon by training for all district employees who the district and the parents, work with students, • Improving the district’s process for • A payment from the district of investigating antisemitism complaints, $325,000, which includes attorney’s including hiring an outside investigator,
fees, to the families, • An outside investigator will be hired to oversee the district’s compliance with the settlement over the next three years, and will conduct a formal investigation into the district’s handling of antisemitism complaints in 2024 and write a public report about if the district followed state and federal law. “We believe this represents the most [See LAWSUIT, page 22]
‘I Have A Dream’ co-writer dies Clarence B. Jones, a former speechwriter and confidante of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped pen his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, has died. He was 95. Jones died Friday at a senior living community in Cupertino, according to a statement released by the family, who was at his side. “Our father lived a life of conscience,” the Jones’ family said yesterday. “He believed, until his final days, that an idea” is “more powerful than the march of any army. We are grateful beyond words for the love, the prayers, and the friendships that sustained him, and us, across this long and remarkable life.” As King’s personal attorney, Jones was heavily involved in some of the CLARENCE B. JONES, former speech writer for Martin Luther King Jr., key moments of the Civil Rights stands next to the Warrior’s Steph Curry during the playing of “Lift Every Movement. He is credited with smugVoice and Sing” before a May 31, 2024, Giants game. AP photo. [See DREAM, page 22]
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Jury finds accused molester guilty
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guilty of 14 felony charges after nearly a month-long trial, District Attorney A Woodside man accused of molest- Steve Wagstaffe said. Russell faces life ing boys was found guilty by jurors in prison for assaulting multiple victims, Wagstaffe said. yesterday, a prosecutor said. Jurors heard the testimony from Alan Frank Russell, 84, was found BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
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