I’ve always just considered these sorts of comments (e.g. considering national mandates) as “testing the waters”.
If we don’t push back, we may see it. But apparently enough of us pushed back. And that is what we need to do - let them know that if they do it there will be hell to pay.
“But apparently enough of us pushed back.”
Pubic school boards are now experiencing push-back over CRT. And they don’t like it.
(That’s not a typo.)