Right now, a cloud hangs over Springfield Public Schools.
The topic spurring months of contentious school board meetings and organized community pushback is the ongoing state investigation into the school district’s curriculum, and whether Springfield students are getting enough classroom time on subjects besides reading and math.
Yet the discontent enveloping the district isn’t so much about the investigation itself. Instead, it’s about district leaders’ response to anyone with the nerve to ask questions about what’s happening in Springfield schools…