Equity Statement

San Benito High School District

EQUITY STATEMENT

San Benito High School District (SBHSD) recognizes that educational excellence requires a commitment to equity. Our students bring a wide range of assets, abilities, backgrounds, and needs to their educational experience. San Benito High School has an obligation to provide all students with the access and opportunities necessary for college, career, and life success. This requires that our school leaders address and abolish practices, policies, and barriers that perpetuate inequities which lead to opportunity and achievement gaps.

San Benito High School District Board of Trustees is equity-driven, making intentional governance decisions that combat institutional discrimination and bias (both explicit and implicit) and eliminate disparities in educational outcomes based on socioeconomic status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or family background.

Board adopted: June 30, 2020

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Shawn Tennenbaum, Ed.D. Superintendent

Secretary to the Board