Editor’s note: EdNews received more than 1,200 emails — sent to and from West Ada district leaders and teacher Sarah Inama between March 10 and March 25 — via a public records request. West Ada trustees and administrators have declined interview requests on the classroom sign controversy, but the emails provide new insight on what transpired behind the scenes.
A bulletin board at Seven Oaks Elementary — featuring rainbows, international flags and different skin tones — became ground zero for a controversy that would soon engulf the West Ada School District.
At least one parent took to social media to criticize the bulletin board, then complained about it to a trustee and a principal, and soon it came down…