The conservative assault on education claims its latest victim

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How a Colorado superintendent who backed masks and diverse hiring became the latest victim the conservative assault on public education:

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The conservative assault on education claims its latest victim
A newly elected school board fires superintendent who supported diverse hiring.
3:11 PM · Feb 6, 2022

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In a move reflecting the increasing dysfunction and political polarization plaguing American public education, the recently elected conservative majority of a Colorado county school board has voted to oust a district leader who supported policies, including masking and a DEI initiative, they had overturned. Corey Wise, the superintendent for Douglas County, Colorado, was dismissed on Friday by a 4-3 vote with two years remaining in his contract.

“This is politics at its ugliest and purest and most destructive form.”
According to the Denver Post, on Monday the board’s three liberal members said they had uncovered that the conservatives had privately issued an ultimatum to Wise in January: either resign or be voted out. The liberals claimed that the move violated Colorado’s open-meeting laws, which can bar officials from acting without adequately informing their colleagues or the public.

The allegation of an ultimatum triggered a fierce backlash this week from parents, teachers, and students in the county, approximately 1,000 of whom gathered Thursday for a protest in support of Wise. Enough teachers called out of work to attend the demonstration that the district was forced to cancel the day’s classes. But on Friday evening, in a heated and at times hostile meeting, the conservative school board members went ahead and voted to replace Wise.

“What we want with this district is different,” said Kaylee Winegar, one of the four new conservative board members, all of whom won election in November. “It’s more about finding someone who better aligns.” Another, Christy Williams, faulted Wise’s leadership style as “more reactive instead of proactive,” complaining he had waited for the board to vote to end a mask mandate rather than end it himself.

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[gldstwmn]

1. The newly elected conservatives will be recalled come May. The video of the meeting is a complete

and total shitshow:
This is from August. This is the Kids First group that got the elected:

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[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. Dont let conservatives join school boards

They arent entitled to be there if all they do is dirty politics and causing strife.

Liberal majority boards and groups looking to add people to be part..
Its narcissism gone wild out there.. Protect yourselves, your integrity
never trust a republican or conservative.

[Nevilledog]

4. They were elected.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

6. Oh didnt know that

My bad.

Somehow these right wing nutjobs need to be rejected from civilzed life.

[Hugin]

5. The thing about these people is that initially they get all the attention...

as they push through their non-functional agenda.

But, after that the cameras leave and the daily grind of running the schools begins. They will get bored and being the attention whores, they are at heart. They will move on to the next lightning rod. Leaving a completely dysfunctional mess for someone to clean up. They are never around for that part.

All I hope is that someone steps in to set it right. However, I've never seen it happen. My expectations of recovery are extremely low. Public schools in these areas will remain broken until one day a budget scrubbing will put them out of their misery. Yet, another former political football. Just like the roads, bridges, and public health.

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7. First to be sacrificed

When the claim to be kids first, they mean that the kids are the first to be sacrificed.