Tony, Pretty MuchJul 10, 2023

It’s really important to get involved in local politics and particularly in the school boards now. The right is really trying to take them over with typical attacks on rights and liberties with no agenda to help kids learn or shore up public education.

Please get involved in local school board elections and fight back like these parents did if you need to.

A school board's focus on CRT stirs backlash in Temecula schools -
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/09/culture-clash-religious-right-california-00105259

Religious right gets blindsided by angry parents in a Southern California school district

Novice school board members get a hard lesson in politics in a region that could determine control of the House.

POLITICO
Show threadMafeesh 
@TonyStark
Difficult to do when they ask if you have kids and you say no. Looks pretty dodgy then.
Jul 10, 2023 at 3:12pmWeb
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchJul 10, 2023
@mafeesh No idea where you live but that’s not the norm here. You don’t need to be a parent to be involved in your school board. At all. School decisions affect tax expenditures and many other community interests.
Show threadMafeesh Jul 10, 2023

@TonyStark

To be fair, I live in Egypt, I'm from the UK. I dislike kids intensely, but I do think that they should receive healthcare and good education, otherwise they grow up to be Republicans or Tories.

Nothing I can do here, although my wife and I did help build and implement a school in Cambodia for severely deprived children (thanks to Kissinger for a lot of the damage).

Show threadBretCahillJul 10, 2023

@mafeesh @TonyStark

You'd be surprised what you can do that's 100% safe and 100% effective.

Show threadCookiefiendJul 10, 2023
@mafeesh @TonyStark
I pay taxes. That means I have a financial stake in local education.
Show threadSelJul 11, 2023

@LPerry2 @mafeesh @TonyStark

"I know children, and have friends with children, and am going to be relying on the goodwill and kindness of those children when they grow to adults and I am old and infirm.

I have a humanity stake in local education."