Illuminating concerns around discipline policies and strained lines of communication between parents, staff, students and board members at Bolinas-Stinson School, an eighth grader took matters into her own hands at last Tuesday’s board meeting and described her troubling experiences. 

The testimony by Zetana Demmerle reflected concerns voiced by multiple teachers and parents since last fall that include the belief that student behavior is in a state of crisis and that the school’s approach to discipline…