Commenters at the meeting, both in person and over the phone, focused on three main concerns for the Board’s consideration. First, community members confronted the Board about attempts to limit public comment in both the October 5th meeting and the October 28th meeting. In the October 5th meeting, the Board limited the number of callers who could speak . At the October 28th meeting, after much pressure from the community prior to the meeting, the Board leadership went from their original plan of only accepting comments from in person speakers, to limitations of one hour of in person speakers and one hour of call in speakers. The public also confronted the Board about the lack of transparency about voting items and attempts to bring forward motions for major changes at the end of long meetings, after public comment had already been cut off and without informing the public of these possible voting items ahead of time. Second, students and parents voiced concerns about the District’s