In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, ProPublica found over 100 incidents that led to violence, threats, arrests and criminal charges.
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Wed. Jul 19, 2023
In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, ProPublica found nearly 60 incidents that led to arrests or criminal charges. Almost all were in suburban districts, and nearly every participant was white.
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An angry parent confronted a New Jersey school board president, accelerating a chain of events that pushed the board to the right.
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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