The Nationalization of Local School Board Races Continues: Parents Need to Pay Attention
As noted in earlier posts, well heeled conservative activists are interested in seizing power at all levels of government… including the school board level. As this NBC report indicates, dark money is behind over 150 “parent organizations” designed to bring hot button faux issues like the instruction of CRT and debates over masking to the forefront in local school district elections. Parents and voters who value local control of their schools should pay close attention to the candidates who are running for seats in their local elections, for if they are part of the Trump wing of the party they are also part of the privatization movement. The REAL reason for questioning curriculum and mask policies is not to make local schools better: it’s to erode public confidence in the government and thereby open the door to privatization through vouchers. If anything, union leader Randi Weingarten understates the danger in this quote:
“It’s about constant destabilization, creating anger, exploiting the anxiety that people have right now,” she said. “it is also kind of rooted in the destabilization of the institutions in America that have, you know, long been used to unify the country. Like great neighborhood public schools.”
Look carefully at each and every race this cycle and make sure none of these anti-democracy candidates are elected.
Vote even if you think it doesn’t matter…. and be grateful you still can!
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