The initial draft of a wildly controversial letter sent out to the White House by the National School Boards Association requested military intervention over upset parents and heated school board meetings.
The organization triggered extensive outrage after a September 2021 letter to the White House asked that those who were speaking up against Critical Race Theory and gender ideology in schools be examined as “domestic terrorists” under the Patriot Act. The letter did not utilize the word “parents,” it was suggested that is who they suggested, as that is who normally speaks at school board conferences.
A draft of the letter consisted of a 57-page independent review of the event performed by the law practice Michael Best & Friedrich LLP that was launched on Friday, together with 551 pages of supporting documents.
“We ask that the Army National Guard and its Military Police be deployed to certain school districts and related events where students and school personnel have been subjected to acts and threats of violence,” the draft of the letter read.
The NSBA described parents speaking up as “plotters who are targeting schools and educators.” making the wildly controversial suggestion of deploying the military against them.
The letter likewise initially consisted of a denial that Critical Race Theory was being taught in schools, though that was later on gotten rid of.
“An increasing number of public school officials is facing physical threats because of propaganda purporting the inclusion of critical race theory within classroom instruction and curricula,” the draft said.
The letter was written and sent out by previous executive director Chip Slaven, who was fired when the scandal emerged. He was operating in “active coordination” with White House Senior Advisor to the President on education Mary Wall.
In reaction, almost half of all state school board associations stated that they were leaving the organization.
NSBA excused the letter prior to the evaluation, writing in a declaration that there “was no justification for some of the language included in the letter. We should have had a better process in place to allow for consultation on a communication of this significance.”
The organization officially denounced the letter completely and stated that they mistakenly took sides in a political argument.
“The attack on public schools is very real, as evidenced by the many false attacks on NSBA’s letter,” Slaven said in a statement to the Post. “The organization owes no one an apology for standing up against violence and threats. I am saddened to see that the current leadership of NSBA appears to be afraid to stand up for local school board members and the students who attend public schools.”
Slaven stayed unapologetic about his call for military intervention against American parents.
“The attack on public schools is very real, as evidenced by the many false attacks on NSBA’s letter,” Slaven said in a statement to the Post. “The organization owes no one an apology for standing up against violence and threats. I am saddened to see that the current leadership of NSBA appears to be afraid to stand up for local school board members and the students who attend public schools.”