BREAKING NEWS: President Trump just started firing more than 1,300 workers at the Department of Education. On top of nearly 600 who already took packages to leave, this will cut the department’s staffing nearly in half.

The New York Times reports the firings are "effectively gutting the agency that manages federal loans for college, tracks student achievement, and enforces civil rights laws in schools….Mr. Trump has said he wants to rely on states and local school districts to fully oversee America’s education system."

Who gets elected to local school boards just got even more critical, and so did the PCCC's Save Our School Boards program.

Save Our School Boards candidates have fended off Moms for Liberty challengers, defeated entrenched incumbents, and flipped purple seats. After hard-fought victories last cycle, Save Our School Boards candidates now represent over 1,863,000 students across 40 different school districts.

Can you make a monthly donation to expand the PCCC’s Save Our School Boards program to help elect many more pro-public education school board members in critical races across the country?

Yes! I'll donate monthly to Save Our School Boards.

No, but I'll donate once right now.

Local school boards cannot take the place of a functioning Department of Education.

But with the right people on them, school boards can put in place policies that protect students and teachers, protect learning, and blunt the impact of Trump's attacks on public education.

School boards across the country have blocked right-wing extremists book-banning attempts. The Philadelphia School Board has repeatedly protected the rights of trans students. The Richmond School Board has created a response plan for ICE raids -- to protect students from raids on school property, and to provide rapid response if their parents are detained.

With the wrong people on them, school boards can abandon the welfare of students, focusing instead on book bans, attacking LGBTQ+ communities, forcing religious instruction, and mandating the teaching of inaccurate and incomplete history lessons.

In the last election cycle, our Save Our School Boards program supported over 100 school board members in 29 states. With Trump eviscerating the Department of Education, we are working to support many more pro-public-education candidates this year and next.

With your help, Save Our School Boards provides candidates with the resources to build out a winning campaign and get connected to a vast support network. This cycle we will also arm school board candidates with rapid-response materials to help them fight back against the Trump Administration’s authoritarian overreach.

There is not a moment to lose. Can you chip in to help expand our Save Our School Boards program to serve many more candidates this year and next? Together, lets commit to protecting the education and rights of tens of thousands more children?

Yes! I'll donate monthly to Save Our School Boards.

No, but I'll donate once right now.

Thanks for being in this fight.

-- The PCCC Elections Team (Follow us on BlueSky: @BoldProgressives.org)

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