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RandySF

(67,037 posts)
Sun May 26, 2024, 02:55 PM May 2024

'Local elections matter': Non-partisan Idaho moms saves school district from far-right takeover

Just two weeks before the start of the school year in 2022, the West Bonner School Board in Idaho voted to rescind its English Language Arts curriculum citing concerns over “liberal indoctrination, sexual grooming, and critical race theory” — leaving kids without a major curricular requirement. The decision sparked Bonner County residents Dana Douglas and Candy Turner into action. Together with other residents, they formed a group: West Bonner County School District: Recall, Replace, Rebuild. The group aimed to recall the anti-public-education board members, but also simply to get their community members involved in local elections. “Little local elections matter, and that’s what really affects your life on a daily basis,” Dana said. “Nobody’s asking them to vote a certain way. We’re just asking them to go out and make a vote,” Candy added.



https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-little-local-elections-matter-non-partisan-group-of-idaho-moms-saves-their-school-district-from-a-far-right-takeover-211656773676

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'Local elections matter': Non-partisan Idaho moms saves school district from far-right takeover (Original Post) RandySF May 2024 OP
good for them, role models for sure nnt msongs May 2024 #1
Excellent! We need to kick the MAGA morons out of our school boards now! Initech May 2024 #2

Initech

(101,178 posts)
2. Excellent! We need to kick the MAGA morons out of our school boards now!
Sun May 26, 2024, 10:49 PM
May 2024

They do not belong there. And they're just fucking everything up.

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