Category: school board

Orange County School Board President Ends Meeting After Attendees Refuse to Mask Up

YORBA LINDA, Calif.—A school board president abruptly ended a Jan. 11 meeting after parents refused to mask up amid a mesh mask prohibition debate that threatened the expulsion of a sixth-grade student. Carrie Buck, president of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Board, urged attendees at the start of the meeting to put on a mask…


School Board President Ends Meeting After Attendees Refuse to Mask Up

YORBA LINDA, Calif.—A school board president abruptly ended a Jan. 11 meeting after parents refused to mask up amid a mesh mask prohibition debate that threatened the expulsion of a sixth-grade student. Carrie Buck, president of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Board, urged attendees at the start of the meeting to put on a mask…


Biden’s Education Secretary Allegedly Requested ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Letter From School Boards Group

Newly surfaced emails suggest that the U.S. Department of Education might have played a more important role than previously thought in the creation of a highly controversial letter, which likened concerned parents to domestic terrorists. In a letter (pdf) sent to President Joe Biden on Sept. 29, 2021, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) characterized…


Antifa Threatens Illinois Dad Who Opposes Sexually Explicit Books at Schools

About a month ago, Terry Newsome, a father of two high school freshmen in a Democratic-leaning Chicago suburb, started to speak out against a local public schools’ decision to carry a book that contains sexual scenes. He spoke out at school board meetings of the Downers Grove public school district. He also voiced his opinions…


Florida School Board Moves to Censor Speakers and Prohibit Broadcast of Public Comments

In response to months of public backlash from parents and residents opposed to forced student masking, School Board members in Palm Beach County, Florida, are proposing new rules to censor and limit the public’s ability to voice their opinions and prohibit broadcasting of all public comments. According to the School Board of Palm Beach County…


Arizona School Board President Demoted, Under Investigation Over Google Drive Dossier of Parents and Children

A Scottsdale, Arizona, School Board President connected to a Google Drive dossier of parents and their children has been demoted to board member. While the Scottsdale Police Department (SPD) “determined that no criminal conduct has been committed,” the Scottsdale Unified School District is now conducting its own internal investigation. On Nov. 9, a report surfaced that…


National School Board Association Could Take Million-Dollar Financial Hit as State Chapters Withdraw

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) could lose more than a million dollars in funding, as state chapters ended their membership and stopped paying dues in the backlash against a letter likening parents’ protests to domestic terrorism. In its Sept. 29 letter (pdf) to President Joe Biden, the NSBA characterized disruptions at school board meetings…


Georgia School Boards Association Withdraws From National Group Over ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Letter

The Georgia School Board Association (GSBA) has joined a growing list of state chapters severing ties from the National School Board Association (NSBA) after the national group called for federal intervention in parental protests. In a widely criticized Sept. 29 letter to President Joe Biden, the NSBA characterized disruptions at school board meetings as “a…


Tempers Flare at Florida School Board Meetings Over Sexually Graphic Book Found in School Library

BUNNELL, Florida—Tempers flared at a Nov. 16 Flagler County School Board workshop, followed by a contentious school board meeting where protests and public statements from both sides went on late into the night in an ongoing debate over a book and a criminal report. The Epoch Times had earlier reported that Flagler County School Board…


Mississippi, Illinois School Board Associations Withdraw From National Group Over ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Letter

Mississippi and Illinois have become the latest state school board groups to discontinue their membership in the National School Board Association (NSBA), citing disagreement over a letter calling for federal intervention in parental protests. In the widely criticized Sept. 29 letter to President Joe Biden, the NSBA characterized disruptions at school board meetings as “a…