Tag: school board

Another California Teacher Confronts the Education Mafia

Commentary Increasingly, public school administrators and boards—controlled by unions—are pressing teachers to adopt woke and sexualized ideology. They threaten—and implement—punishments for anyone resisting, as teacher Sean Redmond is learning. Mr. Redmond, 34, teaches in California’s Garden Grove Unified School District. He and some other teachers were not keen to adopt grooming techniques being pushed by…


Maryland Public School Sues Social Media Companies For Sparking Mental Health Crisis

A Maryland public school board said it is filing a legal claim against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, for negatively affecting the mental health of young students. Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) filed a nearly 200-page lawsuit against the social media companies for allegedly targeting children with apps that were designed to be addictive,…


Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified Requires School Board Approval for Classroom Books

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District teachers looking to test new books in their classrooms will now need such books approved by the district’s board. The board voted 3-2 on May 9 to approve a new policy that requires board approval of a book before it is piloted in classrooms and requires that parents be notified…


Michael Witt Runs for Port Jervis District School Board

Port Jervis resident Michael Witt said he is running for the school board to contribute his ideas and help make the district better. A native of Yonkers in Westchester County, Witt used to spend the summertime at his grandparents’ house in Cuddebackville as a child and grew to like the local community in Orange County….


Andrew Moore Runs for Middletown District School Board

Andrew Moore, a father of three and a real estate agent, is running for a seat on the Middletown District school board to be the voice of parents and students, he said. Born and raised in a high-crime neighborhood in Brooklyn, Moore managed to walk on the right path—he thanks his parents and mentors for their…


Port Jervis School Board Member Judith Amato Seeks Reelection

Judith Amato, a mother of six and a retired dental hygienist, is seeking a fourth term on the Port Jervis District school board to continue to help the district improve, she said. A Port Jervis area resident since the 1970s, Amato graduated from the district in 1981 and attended Orange County Community College, where she…


Anthony Williams Runs for Middletown District School Board

Anthony Williams, a public school educator and a father of three, told The Epoch Times that he is running for Middletown District school board to change it for the better. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Williams grew up in a single-family household and lost his mother when he was in middle school—an experience that built his…


Nancy Dunn Runs for Port Jervis District School Board

A retired nurse and mother of three, Nancy Dunn said she is running for the Port Jervis District school board to contribute her ideas and give back to the community. Dunn moved to the City of Port Jervis from Middletown in the 1980s following her marriage to Henry Dunn, whose family had lived in the…


California Lawmaker Blocks Parental Rights Bill as Debate Continues Over Secret Gender Transitions at Schools

The chairman of a California Assembly committee has blocked a parental rights bill that would ban secret gender transitions at schools following several packed school board meetings that reflect an ongoing national debate over student privacy versus parental rights and growing public interest in the controversy. Assembly Bill 1314, authored by Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Corona),…


Port Jervis School Board Member Florence Santini Runs for Reelection

A longtime Deerpark resident and a fixture in the community, Florence Santini said she is running for another school board term to continue serving students and taxpayers. She first ran for the board in 2004 to get a handle on the spiraling school taxes, only to find out that the world couldn’t be changed overnight…