Dear Friends in Neighbors,

 

In recent years, backlash against Democrat controlled schools has reached a tipping point as parents begin speaking up, and against far-left social curriculm being pushed in the classroom including CRT, gender confusion, sexual perversion, and more. Parents and concerned community members have become increasingly aware of their Democrat controlled school boards, and the influence the Democrat controlled teachers union has by using their resources to encourage school boards to implement divisive Democrat priorities.

 

In Minnesota, there has been a massive increase in competitive school board elections in 2022 and 2023. Democrat incumbents are being challenged and Education Minnesota teacher’s union is not happy about it. In 2022, The Minnesota Parents Alliance endorsed and supported over 40 candidates in 20 different districts, successfully getting several of them elected over the Democrat endorsed candidate. Education Minnesota does not want this to happen again.

This November, 49 of Minnesota's 331 public school districts will have a school board member election. In several districts, there are dozens of candidates running for a handful of seats. Far more money is being spent than we have seen in the past as challengers and incumbents are taking out ads for what were previously uncompetitive elections.

The teachers union is upset parents are working and organizing to take back their local school boards. Left-wing teachers union boss Denise Specht appeared alongside representatives of other far-left groups such as Gender Justice and OutFront MN at a Capitol press conference last week to warn voters of "extremists" running against their preferred candidates. Despite endorsing and supporting Democrat school board candidates with their massive PACs, these groups are accusing conservatives of funneling dark money into the upcoming school board races, and accusing the concerned parents challenging school board incumbents and Democrat candidates of being part of a "toxic national movement."

During the 2023 legislative session. An Education Minnesota representative told Republican Senator Nathan Wesenberg "you Christians are the problem" after Sen. Wesenberg ended his meeting early with the representatives for attempting to justify showing children sexually explicit material.

 

 

Protecting Your Children's Data

Schools are data-mining your children through surveys you can opt out of under the guise of seemingly innocent questionnaires, assessments, or emotional check ins. Parents in Minnesota are finding out that these surveys are instead Social Emotional Learning (SEL) which is a tool for identifying your child's beliefs and attitudes for data miners to create a profile of your child and transform them into a believer in far-left cultural ideology on issues such as race, sexuality, gender, environment, and much more. These surveys often contain inappropriate questions on sexual perversion such as the image below.

A parent in Taylors Falls received the notice above for this type of screening. It's important for parents to be aware of their right to opt out their children.

 

Child Protection League (CPL) is a pro-parent group working hard to protect children. Below are several tips CPL recently published to help ensure your child doesn't accidentally receive these surveys, and examples.

 

Instruct your children to NEVER take any surveys or questionnaires that ask personal questions. Have them inform their teachers that they will not participate and that they should refer those survey questions to you.

 

Give the principal and teachers an opt-out letter informing them that your children are not allowed to answer any questions or fill out any surveys or questionnaires asking personal questions.

Carefully review letters or emails from school. They often slip in notifications of upcoming surveys. Most will be administered without your consent unless you opt out.
 

Opt your children out of the Minnesota State Survey (MSS) when it comes around again in 2025, and urge your school board not to use it.

Examples of Intrusive Surveys

A survey was embedded in a 9th grade Spanish class in rural Minnesota this fall asking for students’ genders and pronouns, religious beliefs, examples of “hard things” that have happened to them, things to “change” about themselves, something to change in their lives or in the world, what bothers them or makes them angry and sad and happy, who lives in their house, and more.

At a Mankato school and another metro district, a 9th grade English class was given a “Morality Test.”  After asking shocking questions, the survey concluded by assigning a political identity based upon their answers. Questions such as:

Is it okay if a “a brother and a sister decide that they want to sleep with each other – just once, to see what it would be like?”

Is it okay for a man “to order a custom-built sex doll designed to look just like his niece?”

Is it okay for a woman to tell her date she’s on the pill when she isn’t?

Is it okay to serve dog meat to children?

Forcing others to reinforce science-denying, gender confusion via preferred pronoun mismatch is a violation of free-speech according to the Federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

 

 

STAYING IN TOUCH

It was an incredible blessing at the Respect Life breakfast Sunday morning in Saint Michael!

There were 90 precious newborns and 117 new residents to our great community in August and it's my honor each month to send congratulations and welcome letters!

Fun time Friday evening last week supporting the 2nd Amendment with friends!

 

Each and every day I’m continuously humbled at the opportunity to represent and fight for the values and priorities of our great community!

 

Please contact me to share any issues, concerns, or feedback you have to assist me best represent you. The best way to reach me is by email at [email protected] or by phone at 651-296-5655.

 

Sincerely,

Eric Lucero

 

State Senator

District 30

Rockford Township, Hanover, Saint Michael, Albertville, Otsego, Elk River, Nowthen, Western Oak Grove

Capitol Address

95 University Avenue W.
Minnesota Senate Bldg. 2413
St. Paul, MN 55155

651-296-5655