School Board Stories

The Meeker Public Library Board held its monthly meeting last Wednesday in the library’s community room. All five board members attended the meeting. The public comment period drew community members concerned about book banning and a draft collections policy up for review.

Denver Public Schools has recommended closing seven of its 207 schools, prompting outrage from many parents. 

A parental rights group is blasting public school districts nationwide for promoting leftist ideology through “stolen land acknowledgements.”  

A school district outside Cleveland, Ohio, will have some staff read Joe Feldman's controversial book “Grading for Equity."

Rev. Mitchell Johnson, appointed to lead the Chicago Board of Education earlier this month, has resigned amid revelations of antisemitic and misogynistic social media posts.

Public schools in a Northern Virginia county have quietly removed a pro-LGBTQ book after parents criticized it for sexually explicit images.

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Brevard County chapter of Moms for Liberty in a case challenging school board policies that restricted speech at public meetings.

Parents from the Loudoun County School district in Virginia are suing the school board, claiming that their First Amendment rights were violated at a board meeting.

After NOLA Public Schools opened its first permanent district-run school in 20 years, New Orleans education is at a crossroads. A big question remains: How far do district leaders want to go?

Due to a new state law, more than 400 books have been pulled from Wilson County school libraries, including a children’s book by Dr. Seuss called “Wacky Wednesday.”

Passing 4-2, the policy expands who can object to books in Osseo Public School libraries. Opponents say it’s a slippery slope toward book bans.

Maryland: With November’s school board elections approaching, the issue of book bans will once again appear on the ballot in the form of some races between conservative candidates and their opponents.

It's telling about the state of Maryland's Democratic leadership that it labels the side backing religious freedom, which includes minorities, as “extremists.”

Food for thought was on the agenda for the La Conner School Board's Monday luncheon ­meeting. Board members and district administrators met separately with two student groups over pizza to elicit input on campus topics ranging from attendance and preferred teaching styles to areas in need of improvement, class sizes and schedules and the new cell phone free policy.

Goldwater Institute attorneys were in federal appellate court in Boston last week defending a Maine mom’s constitutionally protected parental rights.

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