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CURMUDGUCATION: 60 Minutes Asked Moms for Liberty The Right Questions

Reporter Scott Pelley gets right to the heart of several issues. The difference between giving parents the tools to control what their own children can read (something the district also provides in spades) and trying to control what other parents can let their children read. The outrage-enhancing technique of treating isolated mistakes as proof of some widespread conspiracy.
— Read on curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2024/03/60-minutes-asked-right-questions.html

Moms For Liberty in Woodland Park?

In the last board meeting, one of the public comments, by a gentleman named Drew, mentioned the threat that some extremist groups can present to school boards. Moms For Liberty is one such national group that was recently labeled as ‘extremist’ by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The question whether Moms For Liberty has any influence in Woodland Park could perhaps be put to rest by this tweet from Woodland Park school board director Cassie Kimbrell:

Darcy Schoening is the chair of Moms for Liberty down in Colorado Springs:

Moms For Liberty Claiming Credit For School Districts Opting-Out of State-Funded Student Mental Health Services

According to a May 15 Facebook post from Darcy Schoening in the “Moms For Liberty — El Paso County” Facebook group, the author is “The infamous attorney Brad Miller, who’s been working hard around the state to urge conservative boards to adopt common sense policies such as the Parental Bill of Rights, a HB23-1003 opt out, and a resolution to oppose the anti-capitalist teachers unions.”
— Read on coloradotimesrecorder.com/2023/06/moms-for-liberty-claiming-credit-for-school-districts-opting-out-of-state-funded-student-mental-health-services/54024/

Brad Miller has been running the show in Woodland Park since day one…