We are fighting the fight from the trenches.
The administration is also conservative, each year I request two personal days so I can attend CPAC.
Our superintendent's son is a grad from the Naval Academy and is on active duty.
One of my best friends who teaches 8th grade lost her son on 911. He was on the 90th floor of the first tower hit.
Another 7th grade team member's sister, was in the Pentagon when it was hit. It wasn't her time to go. Her office had just been completed but because the officer in charge of her office had a complaint regarding the lighting they had not moved into it yet.
Oh by the way, on that state test that all 8th graders are required to take. 94% of our students past the Science portion of the test. 35% advanced proficient.