Rhode Island school district fights to keep critical race theory meetings private Follow Us Question of the Day By James Varney - The Washington Times - Thursday, July 29, 2021 A committee formed to craft sweeping “anti-racist” policies for a Rhode Island school district has refused to make its meetings public, prompting another legal challenge between those seeking to impose critical race theory in K-12 education and concerned parents and taxpayers. The issue in Rhode Island’s South Kingstown School District again pits the mother of a kindergartner there, Nicole Solas, against the combined weight of progressive administrators who have paid at least $5,000 so far to an outside consultant to run the policy-making committee.