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Conservative-led School Board reverses ‘Anti-Racism’ Policy.

School ⁢Board That Recently Flipped Conservative​ Revokes ‘Anti-Racism’ Policy

A Missouri school board ​that recently flipped to a conservative majority rescinded an “anti-racism” resolution Thursday⁤ that was​ enacted in 2020 following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis​ police ⁣custody,⁣ according to The Associated ‍Press.

The Francis Howell School ​Board outside of St. Louis voted to revoke a resolution calling for “an ‍equitable and anti-racist system” and to remove all copies and references to the policy ⁢from around school buildings, according to the AP.

The resolution was‍ initially adopted in May 2020 when many school‌ boards were putting an emphasis on anti-racism initiatives ‍in⁤ curricula following Floyd’s death.

“I do not feel the school district needs ‍a resolution against every ‌evil in⁤ society that we are against, such as racism,” Randy Cook, Francis Howell School Board vice president, told the Daily ‍Caller News Foundation.

“School boards in Missouri are tasked, by⁣ law,‍ with addressing the needs of the⁢ school district by making all​ needful rules and regulations for the organization, grading ‍and government in‌ the ‍school district,”⁤ Cook said.

“School board members are elected to do those things — not ‌to ⁤spend time writing and debating resolutions about all of⁢ the problems in⁤ the world today,” he said.

In April 2022, Francis Howell ⁣Families, a political action committee, endorsed​ several candidates who were elected to the school board, ‍flipping​ the majority conservative, the AP reported.

Ahead of the⁣ election, Francis Howell ⁣Families condemned the anti-racism resolution, saying it promoted tenets of critical race theory and Marxism.

“We will promote racial⁢ healing,​ especially for our Black and​ brown students and families,” ⁢the resolution said, according ⁢to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “We will no longer be silent.

“We are committed to creating an equitable and anti-racist system​ that honors and elevates all, but one that also specifically acknowledges the challenges faced‌ by⁤ our Black and brown students and families.”

CRT holds that America is ⁣fundamentally‍ racist and teaches people to view every social interaction⁤ and person in terms of race. Its adherents pursue⁤ “antiracism” through the end of merit ‍and the ‍adoption of race-based policies.

There are no plans as of ⁤yet to adopt ⁣a resolution in place of the revoked anti-racism resolution, Cook‍ told the DCNF.

School districts, parents and ​lawmakers are debating how to address race and equity issues within the classroom.

In February, it was ⁢revealed ⁤that a California school‍ district enlisted a Black Lives ⁤Matter Task Force to help ⁢teach seventh-graders about ‌the “daily effects of ⁤white privilege” and “implicit bias.”

That same month, several schools across⁢ the ‍country celebrated national “Black Lives ⁣Matter at School” ⁣week, which ‌emphasized “restorative justice” and “diversity and globalism.”

“In⁣ my opinion, the school board⁢ doesn’t need to be in the business⁢ of dividing the community,” Cook told the AP. “We just need to stick to the business of educating students ⁣here and stay out of the national politics.”

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