The school board, which recently turned to a conservative majority, on Thursday withdrew an anti-racism resolution enacted in 2020 following the death of George Floyd, according to the Associated Press.
The Francis Howell School Board outside St. Louis, Missouri, voted to rescind the anti-racism resolution and remove all references to the policy from around the school building. according to to AP. The resolution was first adopted following George Floyd’s death in May 2020, when other school boards focused on anti-racism efforts in the curriculum. (Related: Wisconsin School Board Bans Pride and BLM Flags from Classrooms)
Randy Cook, vice president of the Frances Howell Board of Education, told the Daily Caller News Foundation, “I don’t think the school district needs a solution to racism or any other evil in society that we oppose.” “The Missouri School Board is obligated by law to serve the needs of the school district by enacting all the rules and regulations necessary for organization, grading and administration within the school district. Board members are elected not to spend their time writing and debating resolutions on all the issues of today’s world, but to do those things.”
In April 2022, the Associated Press reported that Political Action Committee member Frances Howell Families endorsed several candidates elected to the school board, tipping the majority to conservatives. Ahead of the election, the Frances Howell family denounced the anti-racism resolution, claiming it promoted critical race theory and Marxist doctrine.
“We promote racial healing, especially for Black and Brown students and their families,” the resolution reads. according to To Post Dispatch in St. Louis. “We will no longer be silent. We are committed to building a fair and anti-racist system that respects and advances all, but is also particularly aware of the challenges faced by Black and Brown students and their families.”
The CRT claims that America is fundamentally racist, yet it teaches people to view all social interactions and human beings in terms of race. Its adherents pursue “anti-racism” through merit, objective truth, and the end of the adoption of race-based policies.
Cook told the DCNF that there are no current plans to adopt a resolution to replace the rescinded anti-racism resolution.
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School districts, parents and lawmakers are debating how to address issues of race and equality in the classroom. In February, it was revealed that a California school district had enlisted the help of a task force that black lives matter to teach seventh graders about “the everyday effects of white privilege” and “implicit bias.” In February, several schools across the country celebrated National Black Lives Matter in Schools Week, which emphasized “restorative justice” and “diversity and globalism.”
“In my opinion, school boards don’t have to do the work of dividing communities,” Cook told the Associated Press. “We need to concentrate on the business of educating students here and not get involved in the politics of the country.”
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