On July 29, our local school board voted to fire its superintendent. Like others who follow our school district closely, including a good many educators and parents, I’d been hoping the board would take this action, especially after it was announced in May that our schools had a budget shortfall of nearly $11 million, thanks in some part to his leadership. Yet sitting in the school board room and hearing the announcement of his firing, I mostly felt sad. I... Read more
Almost three years ago now, members of the Proud Boys waved their flags at what amounts to my small town square, a triangle of land near the city center visible to traffic both coming and going. The white nationalist group felt invited there, heralding their hate in a seemingly once-peaceful community now divided by school board fights over Black Lives Matter and Pride signs, diversity and inclusion policies, parents’ rights, and whether transgender students can use their preferred pronouns in... Read more
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