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Orange County Virginia valedictorian calls on school board members to resign at graduation

“Our teachers get paid virtually nothing, yet they protect their student body to the highest standard possible. What do they get in return? They’re called groomers by parents on Facebook. Instead of our school board backing these teachers, they buy into the narrative and concern themselves more with depriving students of their basic freedoms, releasing policies to take away Black history and forcibly outing students who are not heterosexual,” Mthethwa said, calling on the immediate resignation of three members of the Orange County School Board."

https://dailyprogress.com/community/orangenews/orange-county-valedictorian-calls-on-school-board-members-to-resign-at-graduation/article_a1cbcf70-f9af-11ed-9eff-ff57adb96e35.html

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Orange County valedictorian calls on school board members to resign at graduation

More than 300 Orange County High School students received their diplomas on May 20 at Porterfield Park. The commencement ceremony was a poignant reminder of the obstacles this distinctive class

The Daily Progress

@SrRochardBunson

Ugh. I'm so glad I no longer live in Virginia.

And, well said, young man.

@SrRochardBunson To be valedictorian and bring this message… staggering. It means you have played every crappy institutional game and won them all. To take a stand after that, to turn around and face down the institutional elements after forcing them to recognize you within their own biased system… that is heroic stuff right there.
@SrRochardBunson the article doesn't indicate in which state this took place. I was thinking California or Florida, but the paper appears to be based in Virginia.

@SrRochardBunson

Well, there's a man, in all the good ways. Outstanding.

@SrRochardBunson I like seeing stories like this. However, when I do, I always think to myself, why must we make the youth save us? We need to engage far more folks across the age demographic to stop allowing for shit policy.
@jaykass @SrRochardBunson What policy? Do you know the specifics of what he's calling out? It feels like a speech directed at people who have the context already, and I don't.
@SrRochardBunson damn hero this guy. Every gen after boomers is getting more and more pissed off. The ability to see the world how it is and seek the truth at your fingertips has fueled newer generations. Id still be blinded by loval propoganda if I didnt through the window of the internet. Sure its got some evil shit on it, but communication is most important always. Thats why they are trying to take it over or cancel it. Cant have them free-thinkers sharing that truth now can we. Lets burn it down and build it right this time.
@SrRochardBunson OMG I wish I was there to see this live, in person. Badass move 💪
@SrRochardBunson this is such a silly comment I see so often. The ‘kids’ are also, in equal numbers, magas, boogaloo bois, school shooters, insurrectionists, christofascists and domestic terrorists. It’s not time for anyone to sit back and pretend 1) they are all right and 2) they will fix anything. We still have work to do if we’re breathing.

@SrRochardBunson
Every day I fall into a pit of ignorance, only to climb back out...

I was told I was being "too loud" about my protest against the capitalists and corporations....

I'M A FUCKING RADICAL, AND I'LL BE LOUD AND FUCKIN' PROUD. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, I WILL HAMMER THIS TRUTH INTO YOUR HEAD UNTIL YOU REALIZE HOW CONSERVATIVES HAVE KILLED THE WORKING CLASS.

RISE UP, AND OVERTHROW THE OLIGARHY OF CONSERVATISM!

@SrRochardBunson

Maybe someone can tell me why we're leaving it up to kids to do leadership?

Seems like maybe that's not their job?

@SrRochardBunson I am loving the upcoming kids. Yes, they're alright!