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The school choice and 2-parent household official thread

And them earnest idiots longing for Gilead think that’s a wonderful thing.
 
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is often the tip of the spear for the great conservative project in America, which makes him a good bellwether for which parts of the American system the GOP will attack next. Abbott now has his sights set on public education.

The Austin American-Statesman reports that Abbott on Wednesday said Texas “will resurrect” a 1982 Supreme Court case requiring states to provide free public education to all children, including the children of undocumented immigrants.

“Texas already long ago sued the federal government about having to incur the costs of the education program, in a case called Plyler vs. Doe,” Abbott said on a conservative talk radio show. “And the Supreme Court ruled against us on the issue. … I think we will resurrect that case and challenge this issue again, because the expenses are extraordinary and the times are different than when Plyler versus Doe was issued many decades ago.”

Public education has been increasingly demonized by the right, particularly surrounding sex, gender, and racial issues. Conservative candidates running in contested primaries have been hammering the issues of critical race theory and gender education in state-run schools to rounds of applause, while singing the values of private education. State legislatures are passing bills that hamstring school discretion over how to educate children, arguing that parents should be the ones controlling curriculums. The backlash has grown to the point that some on the right are questioning whether public schools should exist at all.

It seems ludicrous, but it’s clear that after the Supreme Court’s draft decision on Roe v. Wade leaked earlier this week, conservatives are plotting out which other cases they can turn out to advance their broader goals. Justice Alito’s draft decision on Roe specifically referenced both Lawrence v. Texas, which legalized sodomy, and Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage, saying that “none of these rights has any claim to being deeply rooted in history.” Abbott, meanwhile, is licking his chops over Plyler vs. Doe. Conservatives control the Supreme Court by a 6-3 margin. The GOP sees the draft decision on Roe as a green light to abuse their advantage as much as possible.

Abbott framed the potential of overturning Plyler v. Doe as a way to lessen the costs of educating undocumented immigrants, giving the plan a convenient spin that dovetails with a common conservative talking point. But overturning Plyer v. Doe may result not just in relief for overburdened school systems; it could create a gateway for their abolition, further crippling education in America and shuffling more children into a privatized system with few common standards. It would be a disastrous turn not just for children of undocumented immigrants, but for children all across America.

Abbott is one of the nation’s most extreme right-wing governors, and though he may be the first to suggest axing Plyler vs. Doe, other Republican governors, statehouses, and national administrations are liable to follow his lead. They already did so with the state’s abortion ban.
 
If you vote in the Forsyth county primary and care about public schools then do NOT vote for any of the following names on the ballot.

Hackett
Absher
Lucerno
Hardman
Miller
 
Sirdeacsalot said:
If you vote in the Forsyth county primary and care about public schools then do NOT vote for any of the following names on the ballot.

Hackett
Absher
Lucerno
Hardman
Miller
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Don’t vote for Steve Boyd or Jimmy Wood either
 
Support Richard Watts on the DemocratIC side. He is the real deal.

Republican side is full of wing nuts and crazies.

Best options for GOP are Daniels, Albright and Elrod.
 
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There really are no good republican options anywhere. To a man (see what I did there) they will vote party over country even when "concerned" ...
 
Sirdeacsalot said:
Support Richard Watts on the DemocratIC side. He is the real deal.

Republican side is full of wing nuts and crazies.

Best options for GOP are Daniels, Albright and Elrod.
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Oh, man, Richard Watts is running? I met him several times a few years ago - he was the principal of Winston-Salem Prep and was a super nice guy who was immersed in helping kids in East Winston get a good education. I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.
 
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Do NOT vote for Absher for WSFCS Board of Ed.

Anti mask under any circumstance. Using CRT as a buzzword. Does not support the teachers.
 
Sirdeacsalot said:
Do NOT vote for Absher for WSFCS Board of Ed.

Anti mask under any circumstance. Using CRT as a buzzword. Does not support the teachers.
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Yea, only going to be on your ballot if you're voting in the Republican primary.
 
ConnorEl said:
Yea, only going to be on your ballot if you're voting in the Republican primary.
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Cannot believe Absher was top vote getter. Must be more radical wing buts out there than I thought. This lady is hyper partisan. She would be dangerous to our schools. She is the perfect combination of ignorant and selfish.

More worried about CRT than reading and math. Not going to keep our students safe. She is anti teacher as well.

The only good thing is she will be able to do nothing if elected to the board since she will be outnumbered by people with common sense and intelligence.
 
John Snow lost. Y'all failed Forsyth County.
 
Absher got endorsements from Put Children First Again and Education First Alliance, which bills itself as an organization “fighting for parental rights and against schools radicalizing and sexualizing our children.”

In campaign material, Absher has been critical of masking and keeping children out of school during the pandemic. She has also likened social emotional learning to Marxism. School systems across the country, including the local district, teach an instructional approach known as social emotional learning to teach kids how to develop social skills, manage emotions and find support systems. It’s become a target among some conservative groups.

“Social emotional learning is a vehicle for Marxism,” Absher said in one video.
 
Sirdeacsalot said:
Absher got endorsements from Put Children First Again and Education First Alliance, which bills itself as an organization “fighting for parental rights and against schools radicalizing and sexualizing our children.”

In campaign material, Absher has been critical of masking and keeping children out of school during the pandemic. She has also likened social emotional learning to Marxism. School systems across the country, including the local district, teach an instructional approach known as social emotional learning to teach kids how to develop social skills, manage emotions and find support systems. It’s become a target among some conservative groups.

“Social emotional learning is a vehicle for Marxism,” Absher said in one video.
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We now have a group of parents in our school district who are hijacking school board meetings with these same BS claims -- started with CRT and has not moved to SEL and grooming. I'm in a counter group and planning to speak at the first school board meeting in the fall. One of the real crazies is an Ill. state rep names Deanna Mazzochi who I recently learned, while walking my dog, lives less than a block away from me. Saw her big fat ass bent over gardening.

She made a claim in one of her campaign flyers that Governor Pritzker is responsible for "skyrocketing" suicides among children because of COVID restrictions/masks -- complete garbage lie. These fuckers are everywhere.
 
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