"Equity" at whose expense?

Clallam County Watchdog · Jun 4, 2025 · 34m

While Sequim schools struggle with failing test scores and declining enrollment, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is steering the curriculum toward cultural reeducation—without paying their fair share in local taxes. Is it really “equity” when academic basics are ignored, and those least invested in funding public schools have the loudest voice in shaping what our kids learn?

In 2018, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe gave a presentation to the Sequim School Board titled “Cultural Sensitivity.” It framed history in terms of colonizers and victims, with a heavy focus on how public institutions must…