Public Education
Virginia school board aide, mother says proposed policy aims to shut her up about her conservative viewsÂThe Loudoun County, Virginia school board wants to âstifleâ its aides from speaking critically against the board and district, one employee says. At its recent meeting, the Loudoun County… Read More
Opinion
Kansas school district deceives school board and parents about reading proficiency(The Sentinel) â According to the Lawrence Journal-World, USD 497 Chief Academic Officer Patrick Kelly announced at the June 10 board meeting that the Lawrence, Kansas district… Read More
Public Education
Milwaukee parents launch âlong overdueâ recall campaign against school boardAngry Milwaukee Public Schools residents are launching a recall campaign against their school board for mismanaging the district and ignoring community concerns. The group, Recall MPS School Board Collaborative,… Read More
Public Education
‘Erroneous and abhorrentâ: New York mother, teacher blasts school board for saying itâs âwrongâ to define gender as male and femaleA New York mother and public-school teacher lambasted her school board in a five-minute speech for allowing leftist ideology into her childrenâs schools. Adrienne Gummo castigated the Lancaster Central School… Read More
Public Education
Ian Prior explains why school boards get bad legal advice, what parents can do about itHaving spearheaded a highly effective parent coalition in Loudoun County, Virginia, Ian Prior knows just how hard it is to push back against the education establishment. Read More
Public Education
These state groups are redefining what it means to be a school board member(Chalkboard News) â As school board candidates run and win on more conservative-leaning platforms promising public school reforms, alternatives to traditional school board member associations have launched in states like… Read More
Public Education
Ohio school board member resigns over colleagues’ fealty to administrators; experts say itâs a nationwide problemÂA Ohio school board member has resigned out of frustration with the districtâs policies and curriculum â as well as with her colleaguesâ apparent unwillingness to stand up to them. Read More
Public Education
âNormal annual allotment of 108 sick daysâ: Illinois community outraged over superintendentâs exorbitant benefitsCritics are demanding an explanation from an Illinois school board after discovering the superintendent gets 108 days of paid sick leave every year. The Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7… Read More
Public Education
School board member Lanning fired from Missouri nonprofit after harassment charges, viral videoA Missouri school board member was fired from her nonprofit job weeks after criminal charges for harassment were filed against her and following calls for her resignation. Whitney Lanning, a… Read More
Government
Hobbs vetoes bill requiring party affiliation listed for school board races(The Center Square) â Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed legislation that would have required a school board candidate’s party affiliation to be listed on the ballot. Read More
Public Education
St. Joseph School District unsure whether Lanning disallowed from board volunteer requirement sheâs proposing after harassment chargesSt. Joseph, Missouri school board member Whitney Lanning is pushing for board members to be required to volunteer at least four hours each month in schools if they want to… Read More
Public Education
21 F-bombs: New audio reveals extent of hostility, profanity, in St. Joseph, Missouri school board memberâs attacks on colleagues(The Heartlander) â New audio for the first time exposes the naked ferocity of a profanity-laced verbal assault by a St. Joseph, Missouri school board member on a colleague, for… Read More
Public Education
School board member asked to resign after allegedly stealing wifeâs ex-husband’s identity to solicit women for sex on TinderAn Illinois school board member was asked to resign Monday after allegations he stole someoneâs identity to solicit sex on a dating app. Jason Farrell of the Moline-Coal Valley School… Read More
Culture
Genderfluid drag queen running for New York school boardA âgenderfluidâ male who cross-dresses and performs as a drag queen is running for a seat on a New York school board. Chris DâOrso announced his… Read More
Public Education
âBring it onâ: School board president challenges parents concerned over gender policy changes(The Daily Signal) â An Arizona school board has taken a combative approach toward parents concerned over proposed curriculum or policies focused on sex education and transgenderism. These proposed changes described… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board takes heat for turning off cameras during meetingsThe Loudoun County School Board in Virginia is facing the ire of parents and community advocates for a recent decision to remove livestreaming cameras during the… Read More
Public Education
Springfield Board of Education candidates seek to address violence, academics, indoctrination in schoolsA grassroots group fighting to get Springfield Public Schools back on track academically and ideologically has endorsed a slate of candidates it has confidence will help do that. âBack on… Read More
Public Education
St. Joseph, Missouri School Board president contends criminally charged member is a âleaderâWhen candidates for the St. Joseph, Missouri Board of Education were asked how to bring more civility to the board, its President Latonya Williams praised the current board for its… Read More
Public Education
Fouled out? Calls grow for Whitney Lanningâs school board resignation after video shows her hounding Isaura Garcia, leading to criminal chargesSt. Joseph, Missouri school board member Whitney Lanning is facing calls to resign after surveillance video shows her harassing other board members, allegedly screaming profanities and threatening violence. The… Read More
Public Education
Another New Jersey school rescinds its transgender policyA New Jersey school board voted 6-3 to eliminate its transgender policy after parents raised concerns. The Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Educationâs decision last week followed a similar decision… Read More