Hello John,
My name is Kyrstin Schuette and I am the Executive Director of the
School Board Integrity Project. We are a 501c4 non-profit organization focused on recruiting, training, and retaining school board candidates who align with our shared principles of
integrity, respect, excellence, belonging, and trust.
I know those may seem like incredibly simple principles for school board members to embody, but unfortunately there is a concerted national effort to take over our school boards, erode trust, and dismantle our public education systems. That effort has made its way here to Minnesota.
Conservative organizations are working right here in our backyards spending time and money recruiting and training candidates who want to ban books, rewrite our history, and make our schools less welcoming for students. With your help, however, they can be beaten.
That is why we officially launched
the School Board Integrity Project in 2023. We knew that we needed to mount an effort worthy of this moment that
represents the majority of Minnesotans' and Americans' values and not let a very vocal minority be the only voice in the conversation.
Since then, we have been hard at work on the ground in communities. In our first year, we trained 84 candidates from 27 different school districts with the help of more than 300 volunteers across the state. Already in 2024, we've signed on more than 150 candidates across 20 Minnesota districts and 14 states!
In solidarity,
Kyrstin Schuette
Executive Director
School Board Integrity Project
