Multiple residents told the Elk River School Board during public comment that recent board and policy actions — including social‑media posts and a legislative platform draft — create a hostile climate for LGBTQ students and undermine district values.

Sally Anton told the board she believes some directors “truly want safe schools for all children” but accused other board members by name of opposing inclusive instruction. Anton read the district’s stated core values and said social‑media activity and survey‑related outreach “told those 700 kids, you do not matter.” She cited statistics from the Trevor Project about LGBTQ youth mental‑health risks in support of her remarks.

Clara Severson, a parent, criticized the board’s draft legislative platform and called the document “a platform that bullies children,” arguing the board’s stated priority to protect girls’ sports was political and would exclude vulnerable students. Severson noted the district’s student survey responses and said roughly 5 percent of students selected “Other or I don't want to say” when asked gender identity.

Separately, Samantha Boshek, a parent, raised a classroom curriculum concern. She said a seventh‑grade pretest asked “Who does ‘all men’ refer to?” and that a test answer marked “rich white Christian” as correct; Boshek called that historical framing false and accused the district of permitting unvetted internet content in lessons. She proposed options for restricting teacher access to unvetted online resources, including separate teacher and student networks or an approval process for websites.

Speakers repeatedly cited board policy 206 (public comment rules) as the framework under which they spoke. Board members listened but did not take immediate policy action during the meeting; several members later discussed the draft legislative platform in the agenda portion of the session.

The board did not vote to adopt changes to curriculum‑approval processes or to the legislative platform at this meeting. Community speakers asked the board to clarify whether survey and policy language would align with district values and to provide clearer oversight of classroom materials.