Political activists are increasingly targeting nonpartisan school boards. What's it doing to our kids?
flags, clothing and signs from its schools, marking what locals say is a concerning development in what’s becoming a national struggle in the politicization of school boards across the country.late Tuesday, applies to anything political, though the board has yet to define the term. For now, “political” means LGBTQ+ and BLM, which earned explicit mention during Tuesday’s contentious four-hour meeting.
“The school board race was absolutely impacted by outside Republican forces,” Tai Harden-Moore, who unsuccessfully ran against board member Renee Powell, told HuffPost in an email. Powell voted for the ban Tuesday. “Believe me, I wish we didn’t need BLM or pride flags,” she said. “I wish people respected people and their differences, but my wish is not our current reality and the fact of the matter is having these signs in schools lets my children and other children know who is a safe person to talk to and share with.”
Instead of focusing on the tedious ― yet crucial ― tasks of school board governance, Mock fears the GOP is using it to amplify counterproductive partisan outrage and farm future political candidates.in April substantiates that belief. DeHart, Powell and a third unsuccessful candidate named John Read were all backed by a political action committee called “Community Oriented Public Servants” .
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