How to Challenge Your Local School Board in 5 Minutes:
Nearly 14,000 school boards serve 56.6 million students across the U.S. Yet, The National School Boards Association estimates that voter turnout for school board elections is only between 5 and 10 percent. Uncontested candidates and empty school board seats run high.
3 out of every 4 states hold school board elections “off-cycle,” so they don’t take place at the same time as other state and federal elections. Intentional? Clearly, this needs to change.
From the last week of April 2020 to the first week of October 2020, families pulling their children out of public schools to homeschool , more than doubled, which sits at nearly four times the overall average, and black children being homeschooled increased by five times. It went from 3.3% of students being homeschooled pre-Covid to 5.4% early stages of Covid, all the way up to 11.1% (16.1% for black) in the fall of 2020, AFTER the start of school. That is an increase of 2.5 million K-12 students being homeschooled in 2019, to 4.5 – 5.0 million by March 2021. This is not over concern of the virus, but rather how the public school system is indoctrinating children through critical race theory, bizarre sex education, the transgender agenda, mandating masks for 8 hours a day, and in some cases requiring vaccination. Not to mention, the failure to prepare children to be successful people, citizens, and leaders in a global economy. The top five states with the highest rate of increase in homeschooling were Alaska, Florida, Vermont, Oklahoma, and Mississippi.
On average 8% of teachers leave their profession every year. In a national survey done by EdWeek Research Center, 54% of teachers said they are “somewhat” or “very likely” to leave their position in the next two years. In a Horace Mann Educators Corporation survey, from December 2020, 27% of teachers said they are considering quitting. Between the stress put on them over Covid restrictions, required vaccination and/or masks, testing, various indoctrinations, and low pay, teachers seem to be fleeing.
At minimum, seven states have introduced legislation to stop critical race theory training in schools and other venues, some of which have passed. Some states have been introducing and/or passing legislation regarding the , mask requirements, vaccine id passports, and Covid-19 injection requirement as well. The battle is on, so stay on top of your legislatures!
It’s a good idea to write to your school board members about your concerns and send it certified mail, or in an email and request a response. Do some research on all of your school board members and determine who might be open to removing Covid restrictions and discussing other topics of importance, and call that member and ask him or her if they could set aside 30 minutes to meet with you. Tell them that all Covid restrictions need to end for the 2021-2022 school year and ask them to add that item on the next school board agenda. Also consider using social media to rally other parents on topics of concern, so as to increase pressure on the board. As much as I despise social media, creating a page for school issues may work to your advantage. And, if progress is slow, talk to some local media sources and get the news out, or publish an article yourself. Bring the heat.
When it’s time to go speak at a school board meeting, check their online schedule. They generally meet once a month and publish their agendas at least 24 hours in advance. Sometimes a board will call for public comment on a particular proposal, and others provide a general time for public comment about any issue. Typically, their board meeting agenda will indicate if there is a public comment period.
When giving your 3-5 minute speech, don’t let the school board interrupt you, shut you down, tell you to talk nicer or leave teachers’ names out. You have a right to express yourself as you see fit, under the constitution. This is your time to get your important input heard, so don’t let them stifle you. If you have any supporting documents, bring those with and provide copies to the board members.
Below are some helpful talking points you can utilize in your speech. Select the topics and bullet points that resonate with you, add your own personal thoughts, and practice delivering it in 3-5 minutes. Then, be brave and go get ’em! Speak from your heart, with conviction!
https://home.solari.com/how-to-challenge-a-school-board-in-3-5-minutes/
Bullet points at link. Take action now!
A 55-year-old woman was beheaded in broad daylight Wednesday in Shakopee, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.
The victim, Shakopee resident America Mafalda Thayer, was an employee of MyPillow, according to Fox-9 Minneapolis. Alexis Saborit, 42, also of Shakopee, was reportedly in an abusive long-term relationship with her, and he was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, according to the Shakopee Police Department.
Graphic video of the beheading was circulating on social media.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/mypillow-beheaded-murder-domestic/2021/07/29/id/1030496/
1. An employee of MyPillow
2. Her name is America
3. Mafalda! Character in Harry Potter who is a Trojan horse.
4. A bystander filmed it instead of helping her.
5. Judge let this violent man out of jail…
Very curious.
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