Advocates to address concerns, rally at Oklahoma Board of Education meeting
State leaders and advocates will gather at the Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting on Thursday, with a rally planned beforehand. The Oklahoma Board of Education meeting is set to begin at 1:00 this afternoon, with state leaders and advocates set to address concerns at the meeting. The meeting will also include a rally planned for the group Freedom OKLAHOMA, which is calling for Advocates to rally for a week of advocacy and action aimed at ending Hostile School ENVIRONMENT POLICIES and ANTI-TRANS RHETORIC. This comes after the death of a non-binary student, who was ruled a suicide by a judge ruling his death as a suicide. KOCO's AUDREY GOODSON will be reporting on the meeting's progress.
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HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT JONATHAN THANK YOU. HAPPENING TODAY STATE LEADERS AND ADVOCATES ARE SET TO GATHER AT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. AND IT COMES AS EDUCATION.% IT IS TOP OF MIND BOTH HERE AT HOME AND ACROSS THE NATION. THAT MEETING STARTS AT 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. KOCO’S AUDREY GOODSON. SHE’S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. AND, AUDREY, THERE’S SOME CONTROVERSY EXPECTED DAY TODAY AND PEOPLE THERE ALREADY LINED UP OUTSIDE THE DOOR. THERE. YES, THERE ARE A TON OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, AND I’VE BEEN TALKING TO MANY OF THEM ALL MORNING, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT GROUP. BUT SEVERAL OF THEM TELL ME THEY’VE BEEN HERE SINCE 5:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THEY SAY THEY ARE HERE TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. NOW, THERE’S A LOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. THERE’S ALSO A BIG RALLY PLANNED AN HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING, THE GROUP FREEDOM OKLAHOMA ARE CALLING FOR ADVOCATES TO MEET THEM ON THE FRONT LAWN AT NOON AS THEY RALLY FOR TRANS WEEK OF ADVOCACY AND ACTION, THE GROUP SAYING THEY HOPE TO PUT AN END TO QUOTE, HOSTILE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT POLICIES AND ANTI-TRANS RHETORIC. THIS, OF COURSE, COMES AFTER THE DEATH OF NEXT BENEDICT, THE NON-BINARY STUDENT WHOSE DEATH WAS RULED A SUICIDE AND HE’S ALSO THEY HAVE ALSO PUT OKLAHOMA IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT WHEN THEY DIED ONE DAY AFTER A FIGHT AT A SCHOOL IN OWASSO. NOW THAT MEETING IS GOING TO START AT 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. WE WILL BE HERE TO COVER IT. SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE STICKING WITH US TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT