Dear EdItor:
Unable to attend the GUSD board meeting last week, I was
interested to read how the board members viewed the proposed
reading list for the English curriculum.
Dear EdItor:
Unable to attend the GUSD board meeting last week, I was interested to read how the board members viewed the proposed reading list for the English curriculum. I was very pleased that most of them saw the big picture and recognized the responsibility the high school has to teach our students about other peoples’ stories and perspectives– a survival skill in this rapidly changing world. It is also one mark of a quality and comprehensive education. Sometimes, our families cannot provide this view of the world, as we all tend to teach what we know.
I congratulate the board for waiting for a balance; for not removing a Latino-focused book until a possible replacement is identified. I would like to encourage the committee who has worked so hard on this project to enrich the discussion by meeting with some of our other local experts—the English faculty at Gavilan College. They teach literature utilizing a range of authors, cultures and themes and have found many ways to meet the undeniable need for diversity of ideas, life experiences and perspectives on the world. Several have been keeping up with this discussion at the high school and would be happy to enter the dialog, as the better prepared and well- rounded the high school students are, the better their experience in college will be.
Margery Regalado Rodriguez, Gilroy
Submitted Tuesday, May 11 to ed****@****ic.com
