Parents Fight to Recall VA School Board Over Raunchy Reading Material and Critical Race Theory
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- Loudoun County hadalready become ground zero
for a number of national debates,
mainly because parents are making noise.
A warning, what you'reabout to hear is offensive.
- Every time she made too much noise,
I'd walk in and kick her.
- [Woman In White Shirt] Jasperwasn't even my boyfriend,
just this dude I did somehacking with once in a while.
- It's okay.
It's cool.
This is what girls do at parties.
- Those jaw-dropping words read by mothers
from books recommended to students
in Loudoun County Public Schools.
Now a move to recallsome school board members
may be gaining steam.
Ian Prior says the LoudounCounty school board
is abusing its power.
- Well, when it comes toparents that want answers
to what their kids are beingtaught or not taught in school,
they have no answers.
- [Tara] Prior is among a growing number
of frustrated parents
forming the Fight for SchoolsPolitical Action Committee.
- We're gonna talk aboutthe need for change
in the Loudoun County school board.
- [Tara] Collecting about2,500 signatures so far
aimed at unseating several board members
accused of using a secret Facebook page
to target parents who oppose them.
- They're looking to push material
or thoughts into a school system
and less focus on reading,writing, and arithmetic.
- [Tara] School boardmeetings often boiling over.
Last week, several angrymoms took it up a notch,
shocking the crowd by holding up signs
and reading aloudsexually explicit passages
from books on the highschool reading list.
Another word of warning,
what you're about to hear is offensive.
- I grab her by the neckand start punching her.
- [Woman In White Shirt]He had a big (beep)
and sometimes a girljust needs a big (beep).
- His pants around his ankles
squeezed between April's straddled legs
as she lay on top of the teacher's desk.
- How did we get theseunacceptable topics?
Well, one, you didn't followyour procurement policies
when you bought $1.8 millionworth of these trash books.
- [Tara] InterimSuperintendent Scott Ziegler
declined CBN's request for an interview.
The only school board memberwho answered our calls
told CBN she could notspeak for other members
but that she did not readthe material in question
nor are members required to do so.
On another sensitive subject,
the district denies Loudoun'sso-called equity plan
is a disguise for gettingcritical race theory
into classrooms.
This mother, though, doesn't buy it.
- CRT is racist.
It is abusive.
It discriminates against one's color.
We don't want your political advertisement
to divide our children or belittle them.
- [Tara] Ziegler describes thedistrict's equity priorities
as an effort to providea welcoming, inclusive,
affirming environment for all students.
Meanwhile, Prior is hoping backlash here
will also inspire othercommunities to fight back.
- This country was founded
on the ability of people to disagree,
and what we're seeing inLoudoun County Public Schools
is that there is no room fordisagreement with their agenda.
- Recall efforts are rarelysuccessful in Virginia,
most failing to getthe required signatures
or getting dismissed by thejudge for insufficient evidence,
but Prior believes these board members
are in for a rude awakening.
Tara Mergener, CBN News.