Parent addresses sparsely attended school district listening session
January 12, 2022

Benny Westcott
Cari Brewer, right, speaks during a "listening session" held Tuesday, Jan. 4, by the Sweet Home School District at the junior high school.
A "listening session" was held Tuesday, Jan. 4, at Sweet Home Junior High, allowing parents to interact with Sweet Home School District board members outside of regular monthly board meetings, where public comment can be limited.
It was the fifth such meeting in the district, as similar sessions have already been held at its four elementary schools: Foster, Holley, Oak Heights and Hawthorne.
Attendance has been paltry thus far, with no more than four parents at each session. Only one showed up for the junior high's: Cari Brewer, mother of seventh-grader Mailey and second-grader Henry.
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