An angry parent confronted a New Jersey school board president, accelerating a chain of events that pushed the board to the right.
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Sun. Jul 2, 2023
An angry parent confronted a New Jersey school board president, accelerating a chain of events that pushed the board to the right.
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Eric Jensen, a parent in North Carolina, had grievances to air about library books “trying to convert kids to gay,” and about mask and vaccine mandates. So he joined an activist group and headed to a school board meeting.
College students arrested. A parking lot altercation. A retired teacher waking up to a broken window. Events at a school district in Conway, Arkansas, illustrate the alarming trend of unrest at school board meetings across the country.
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