Liberal and moderate school board candidates claimed victory in this week’s elections, wresting majority control from Republicans in some swing suburban districts.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservative-school-board-candidates-lose-ground-culture-war-rcna124299
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ACLU sues WPSD
The ACLU has filed suit against the WPSD for banning Logan Ruths from school district property for one year, after he spoke out in the June board meeting. You can read the NBC article here, and can watch that June meeting here (time stamp 16:10).
Politics and education clash as Texas district sees teachers leave
As school districts grapple with teacher shortages, NBC News’ Antonia Hylton takes us to a Texas town where frustrations over banned books, restrictions on race and identity lessons have contributed to a 40 percent increase in staff resignations and retirements.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/politics-and-education-clash-as-texas-district-sees-teachers-leave-182508101519
The turmoil in WPSD is happening elsewhere, too. Watch this story about events in a Texas school district.
5/18/23 – NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News sent a crew to Woodland Park to learn more; they attended the 5/10 board meeting and here’s their story. This is a tie-in to the earlier article online.
How conservatives transformed the Woodland Park, CO, school district
The leaders of the Woodland Park School District are enacting an experiment in conservative governance in the middle of a state controlled by Democrats, with little in the way so far to slow them down. The school board’s decisions have won some praise in heavily Republican Teller County, but opposition is growing, including from conservative Christians and lifelong GOP voters who say the board has made too many ill-advised decisions and lacks transparency.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woodland-park-colorado-school-board-conservatives-rcna83311
This article was written by NBC reporter Tyler Kingkade. Tyler spent a few days in Woodland Park last month talking to people and learning about the situation here. I think he did a really good job of telling this story in his own words in this article, instead of just repeating what people tell him…the work he put in to listening and learning really shows.
Parents protesting ‘critical race theory’ identify a new target: Mental health programs
As school districts struggle to address accusations that administrators are indoctrinating students in progressive ideas about race, gender and sexuality, the same parents and activists making the claims have begun targeting school initiatives centered on students’ mental health and emotional well-being.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-protesting-critical-race-theory-identify-new-target-mental-hea-rcna4991