District Equity Team - Equity Statement
As an educational community, we are committed to creating equitable, high quality learning experiences and environments which actively address racial injustice and dismantle racist policies.
We hold ourselves and each other accountable to transform our school and community culture by:
- Hiring a more diverse staff
- Decolonizing the curriculum by telling a complete history from multiple perspectives and learning from this colonization and racism and how it impacts students
- Providing opportunities for everyone to express pride and confidence and to develop a healthy self-concept without denying the value and dignity of other people
- Implementing culturally responsive instruction and assessments that allow for anti-biased learning
- Activating all members of our community to address bigotry and white supremacy and the negative impact on the community
- Confronting and addressing systemic barriers to equal access
- Supporting each other with compassion in our individual and collective learning to become anti-racist and culturally responsive educators.
This will create an environment in which all community members are treated fairly, enjoy a sense of belonging, and have equitable access to an anti-racist education and environment. It will also consistently create opportunities and empower all students to engage in the work to become stewards of social justice.
Belmont will deconstruct the curriculum to include mirrors in which all students are reflected and windows through which they see and learn from diverse perspectives and individuals.
We believe these actions are imperative as we strive towards justice and equity for ALL.
Each School in the district has its own equity team; the on-the-ground DEI work of these teams supports and informs the district-wide team's initiatives.