LINCOLN — Nebraska’s State Board of Education delayed a vote on approving a nonpublic girls school in North Omaha over concerns about references to “abolitionist framework” that were at one point posted on the school’s website.
The board voted 6-2 Friday to postpone its vote until a virtual meeting Aug. 11 to give members time to question the school’s founder and CEO, DérNecia Phillips, Ph.D.
Board member Deborah Neary objected to the delay, arguing that the school meets all of the board’s official criteria for approval. She called the timing of members’ concerns “disrespectful” as the school aims to open Aug. 19…