CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
RESOLUTION ON COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON 
ANTIRACISM, DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

WHEREAS, the Board of Education (the “Board”) is committed to fostering an actively antiracist culture and climate in our schools and school district community; 

WHEREAS, in furtherance of these goals, the Board is committed to a broad and comprehensive review of school district curriculum and instruction, classroom practices and activities; 

WHEREAS, the Board recognizes the imperative need to address overt, implicit and unconscious acts and attitudes that create a racist and hostile environment for our students, staff and community; and

WHEREAS, the Board values community and student voice and input in our processes;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board hereby establishes a Board of Education Community Advisory Committee on Antiracism, Diversity and Social Justice (“the Committee”), to be co-chaired by two sitting Board members, for the purpose of presenting recommendations to the Board on goals, implementation, accountability measures, and methods of feedback, related to promoting an antiracist culture and climate in our school district community; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, members of the Committee shall consist of a balance of individuals who will provide a broad range of cultural diversity of different races, ethnicities, ages, genders, and sexual orientation and identity, within the school district community, and who shall be announced at the soonest practicable opportunity.