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A school district tried to address racism, a group of parents fought back
Three years ago, a video went viral of a group of teenage students chanting the n-word at a private party in Southlake, Texas. Now, as the school district tries to incorporate cultural awareness into the curriculum, a group of parents is fighting back.
Southlake is not a racist community that was the consensus among many parents at a school board meeting for the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake on Monday.
The meeting took place after the city’s elections over the weekend, which saw huge wins for candidates opposing the district’s plans. Two candidates for school board, two for city council and the mayoral candidate all won with about 70% of the vote.
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A group of parents in an affluent Texas community is fighting the school district’s efforts to incorporate cultural awareness into the curriculum.
At the Carroll Independent School District board meeting on Monday, members heard comments and complaints from the public regarding the proposed
Cultural Competence Action Plan (CCAP). Per
CNN, the plan was formed in response to a 2018 viral video of a group of teenage students chanting the N-word at a private party in Southlake, Texas. The CCAP aims to address racism in the district but parents are pushing back against it.
The plan was slated to be presented for adoption last August but it was postponed. According to a draft, the CCAP requires diversity training for the staff and anti-bullying programs that encourage “cultural awareness”. Conservatives in the mostly white community of Southlake have rejected the school diversity plan, calling it indoctrination of far-left ideology. Progressives, m
Lots of people are looking for unity in this country. Well, one Texas town found it â fighting the extreme curriculum Joe Biden wants to bring to every town nationwide. Turns out, the fastest way to bring people together is to try to radicalize education. Itâs also, Southlake parents say, the surest way to lose.
Hannah Smith didnât really have running for the school board on her radar. That all changed last year, when the district started floating the idea of a new Critical Race Theory curriculum â and not just any curriculum, but the most âextreme K-12 programâ surveyed by nonprofit groups. âAnd thatâs really saying something,â Hannah said on âWashington Watch,â considering all of the woke education out there. Together with other parents, Smith, a religious freedom attorney, started investigating, even filing Freedom of Information Acts to find out what the district was doing.