This time they’re going after Blue Valley, Lansing, Chanute and Baldwin City. “In Blue Valley, 1776 Project members were the lone votes to ban LGBT-themed books last year. And one of the Olathe winners — Brian Connell — this spring was censured for his ‘pattern of outbursts, yelling and storming out of meetings.’ District staffers said his behavior made them feel unsafe. So things are going great, obviously… “[I]it’s dreary and depressing to see local school board races nationalized in this way… “Our national political scene is seemingly custom-designed as a rage production machine. Get people angry about...
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Kansas Lawmakers Disparage Public Education to Home-schoolers
Senators Molly Baumgardner and Beverly Gossage and Representatives Chris Croft and Rebecca Schmoe gave disparaging comments about public schools and promoted homeschooling and preventing any oversight of homeschools at a recent event which the Kansas City Star addressed. We’d also like to know if any of them have seen “Shiny Happy People” on Netflix. “I have nothing against either home schooling or faith-based schools like the Catholic elementary school and three Catholic universities I’m grateful to have attended. But I never thought that the state should pay for that education. “And I do hear comments that ‘we do...
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Leave a Comment Abundant evidence indicates Kansans should keep saying no to ESA programs
“Studies indicate that after traditional voucher expansions, the private school market floods with new pop-up providers. That’s exactly what is happening with the ESA-style expansions in Arizona now. Many new schools are nearly or entirely funded by the ESA payments—just as the average private school in older voucher programs was. Many of these schools will quickly close. There’s also existing academic evidence predicting that traditional voucher programs incentivize existing private schools to raise tuition, using the new dollars as something of a public subsidy. And that is exactly what recent reports are showing with ESA passage, with existing...
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Leave a Comment National PAC infiltrating local school board elections
“In Blue Valley, Lansing, Chanute and Baldwin City, extremists are trying to take over school boards! The Project 1776 PAC, a national PAC led by a guy in New York City, is sticking its nose and its dark money into your district. We did a post recently re-sharing their leader’s Tweet saying “F@*! you, we’re taking over your school boards whether you like it or not,” and we have many posts on our page about why you need to be concerned. Don’t let them con your neighbors with political fear mongering, and don’t let them buy your school...
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