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January 20, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dear ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Unified Family:<\/span><\/p>\n Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day in which we honor a champion of the civil rights movement through service in our local communities. As I reflect upon the days ahead and what it means to truly be a community in service to each other, I am reminded of something Dr.\u00a0 King once wrote: \u201cLove is the greatest force in the universe. It is the heartbeat of the moral cosmos.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n I see that great force of love in our schools and classrooms again and again\u2013our deeply held respect for each and every member of our school community, the individual threads that together become our beautiful ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Unified tapestry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We welcome everyone in BUSD schools. We take pride in our diversity and our commitment to provide every student with schools and classrooms that are safe, welcoming, and humanizing. BUSD rejects all forms of hate, bullying, and discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, disability and sexual orientation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Our Board of Education approved <\/span>Board Resolution 5145.9 Hate-Motivated Behavior<\/span><\/a> in 2023, outlining the definition and impact of hate-motivated behavior, providing prevention and intervention strategies, establishing a hate-motivated behavior complaint process, and identifying appropriate disciplinary actions.<\/span><\/p>\n The d<\/span>istrict\u00a0 has a reporting process, outlined on the <\/span>Civil Rights and Compliance webpage<\/span><\/a>, specifically around <\/span>hate-motivated behavior<\/span><\/a>. We continue to encourage our students to report any incidents immediately to our school site administrators or any trusted adults so that they can be promptly and thoroughly addressed.<\/span><\/p>\n I believe deeply in what Dr. King called our \u201cinescapable network of mutuality\u201d in his April 1963 <\/span>Letter from a Birmingham Jail.<\/span><\/i> We must continue to stand with all communities that make up our BUSD family. I<\/span>f you aren\u2019t already familiar with these BUSD resources, resolutions, and policies, I encourage you to click on the links below to learn more.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Related BUSD Policies and Regulations<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cDarkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let us be the light for each other in the days and times ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n In community,<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Enikia Ford Morthel<\/span> Enero 20, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Estimada Familia en ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Unified:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b>Hoy celebramos el D\u00eda de Martin Luther King Jr., d\u00eda en el que honramos a un campe\u00f3n del movimiento por los derechos civiles a trav\u00e9s del servicio en nuestras comunidades locales. A medida que reflexiono sobre los d\u00edas que tenemos por venir y lo que significa ser verdaderamente una comunidad al servicio de los dem\u00e1s, me acuerdo de algo que escribi\u00f3 una vez el Dr. King: \u201cEl amor es la mayor fuerza del universo. Es el latido del cosmos moral\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Veo esa gran fuerza del amor en nuestras escuelas y salones de clases una y otra vez, nuestro profundo respeto por todos y cada uno de los miembros de nuestra comunidad escolar, los hilos individuales que juntos forman nuestro hermoso tapiz de ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Unified.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Damos la bienvenida a todos en las escuelas de BUSD. Estamos orgullosos de nuestra diversidad y de nuestro compromiso de ofrecer a todos los estudiantes escuelas y salones de clases seguros, acogedoras y humanizadoras. BUSD rechaza toda forma de odio, \u201cbullying\u201d y discriminaci\u00f3n por motivos de raza, etnia, religi\u00f3n, g\u00e9nero, identidad y expresi\u00f3n de g\u00e9nero, estatus migratorio, discapacidad y orientaci\u00f3n sexual.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Nuestro Board of Education aprob\u00f3<\/span> la Resoluci\u00f3n del Board 5145.9 Comportamiento Motivado por el Odio<\/span><\/a> en el 2023, exponiendo la definici\u00f3n y el impacto de las conductas motivadas por el odio, las estrategias de prevenci\u00f3n e intervenci\u00f3n, estableciendo un proceso de denuncia de conductas motivadas por el odio e identificando las medidas disciplinarias apropiadas.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>El distrito cuenta con un proceso de denuncia, descrito en la<\/span> p\u00e1gina web de Civil Rights and Compliance<\/span><\/a>, concretamente en torno al<\/span> comportamiento motivado por el odio<\/span><\/a>. Seguimos animando a nuestros estudiantes a que denuncien cualquier incidente inmediatamente a los administradores de nuestra escuela o a cualquier adulto de confianza para que puedan ser abordados de forma r\u00e1pida y exhaustiva..<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Creo profundamente en lo que el Dr. King llam\u00f3 nuestra \u201cineludible red de mutualidad\u201d, en su <\/span>Carta desde la c\u00e1rcel de Birmingham<\/span><\/i> en abril de 1963. La injusticia contra cualquiera es injusticia contra todos. Debemos continuar apoyando a todas las comunidades que forman parte de nuestra familia BUSD. S<\/span>i usted a\u00fan no est\u00e1 familiarizado con estos recursos, resoluciones y pol\u00edticas de BUSD, le animo a que haga clic en los siguientes enlaces para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Pol\u00edticas y Reglamentos Relacionados con BUSD<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLa oscuridad no puede eliminar a la oscuridad; s\u00f3lo la luz puede hacerlo\u201d.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Seamos luz los unos para los otros en los d\u00edas y tiempos venideros.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n En comunidad,<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Enikia Ford Morthel<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 20, 2025 Dear ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Unified Family: Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day in which we honor a champion of the civil rights movement through service in our local communities. 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