KELSEYVILLE, Calif. — The Kelseyville Unified School District Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting to consider approving a resolution that would establish land acknowledgements at events as part of an effort to pursue healing reconciliation with Lake County’s tribes.
The meeting will take place beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, in the Tom Aiken Student Center at Kelseyville High School, 5480 Main St.
Agenda and backup materials can be found at the board webpage on the district website.
The discussion about the proclamation was held over to this week after a crowd three times the size of the occupancy of the board room at the district office showed up for the regular board meeting on April 23, during which the proclamation was to have been discussed.
The resolution seeks to implement land acknowledgements at major district events and states that “this district acknowledges that its name represents a painful past for citizens of these nations and their ancestors who have lived here for generations.”
That language has raised opposition from community members who believe it’s connected to a separate effort to rename the town of Kelseyville.
The idea for the resolution first emerged in March and has been put forth by Board Clerk Gilbert Rangel.
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