Concerns about transparent and limiting speech are building from a recent policy change by the White Bear Lake Area Schools board.
The change is to its consent agenda policy, specifically to how specific items can be pulled for a separate discussion and vote. Items within a consent agenda, which are typically not controversial, can range from meeting minutes to contracts and pass with a single vote.
The new policy now reads that in order for an item to be pulled from the consent agenda for a separate discussion and vote, a board member needs to make a motion, receive a second, and must receive a majority vote…