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In reply to the discussion: Qanon/right wing radicals are taking over school boards across the country, where's the pushback? [View all]MineralMan
(146,192 posts)not something any organization can do anything about. Instead, individual people in the jurisdiction must run for those seats if they want to make sure the crazies don't take over. It's really simple.
There is no "left," as a group, that will step in and make sure someone good is running for school board seats. Such a group does not exist. In most places, school boards are elected by a pretty small number of voters. Anyone can run for a seat on the schoolboard, just by filling out a form at the county clerk's office.
The point I'm making here is that, unless you run for the school board, or some other local office like that, there is no point in calling for "the left" to do something about right-wing assholes on school boards. Instead, run for a seat yourself if you are concerned about the make-up of your local school board.
School board are the epitome of an elected office that anyone can aspire to. Just run for your local school board the next time elections are held. Get elected and serve on your local school board. Don't want to do that? Well, then you're missing your only chance to control who gets elected, then.
There's lots of complaining about who gets elected, but very little effort being put into changing that. If school board membership concerns you where you live, run for the school board. Then, you know that your point of view will be represented.
See, that's what happens when you post a question that has no other answer than to tell you to run for that office if it bothers you. And there truly is no other answer.