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.

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Show threadShannon Kay
@TonyStark This has happened to our board. It started with two extremists. The most recent election left us with only one of our good education focused board members left. It’s too easy to take over a school board. Our district was made into areas in 2018, so only 1/5 of people in the district can vote for each seat. And they don’t need 50%+, just the most votes. So people win seats with 30% of the vote.
Jul 10, 2023 at 6:21pmWeb
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchJul 10, 2023
@shannonkay That sounds bad. It’s really important that we all do what we can to keep right wingers out of school boards. They’re not interested in helping schools.
Show threadShannon KayJul 10, 2023
@TonyStark It's tough, because people can win these seats without the support of most of the community. We need to, like, add runoff elections and/or not have the school board be on the ballot with something low turnout like a primary.