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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If this can happen in San Francisco, it can happen here.

https://wtop.com/lifestyle/2022/02/san-francisco-votes-on-citys-scandal-plagued-school-board-2/

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco residents recalled three members of the city’s school board Tuesday for what critics called misplaced priorities and putting progressive politics over the needs of children during the pandemic.

Voters overwhelmingly approved the recall in a special election, according to tallies by the San Francisco Department of Elections.
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This is wishful thinking.

The LCPS recall will fail. It's nominally about the presence of two Board members in a Facebook group (with thousands of members) where there was some thread about identifying people campaigning against anti-racism policies in LCPS (i.e., people wanted to call out the racists). The argument is that they violated open meetings laws by being members of this group where this was discussed. It took MONTHS to get 10% of the voters to sign the recall petition, so people aren't exactly clamoring for this. The technical basis for the recall is flimsy at best -- really, this is an attempt to recall people based on ideological/policy reasons, which is not permitted under Virginia law.

Around the country in November, candidates who ran for school board by ranting about "CRT" were soundly rejected. It will be even harder for such people in the next cycle as people observe the disaster that has been the Youngkin administration in its first month -- he's been a national embarrassment. The fixation on "CRT" is also not even a national thing, just the figment of the niche right-wing media. People either don't care or would LIKE to see its concepts taught.

While the anti-mask furor is similarly niche -- anti-mask people are extremely outspoken but very much in the minority, the resentment over school closures is real. But, we're well passed that now.

To the degree that districts mess with advanced education programs, however, there could be blowback on boards. One of the main reasons Youngkin won in Virginia is Asian-American populations upset about Math Pathways and TJ voted for him. There's some truth to this but it will really only be a factor in places where these communities are large enough to sway an election at the margins.[/quote]

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