SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Residents asks South Whidbey school board to cut ties with agencies

Kira Erickson reports from the South Whidbey School Board’s Mar. 23 meeting:

The South Whidbey School Board recently received a letter urging the board to reclaim its “rightful authority” by distancing itself from state and federal agencies.

The letter, read aloud by Clinton residents Margaret King and Maureen Greene during the board’s March 23 meeting, criticizes the Washington State School Directors’ Association, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and National School Board Association for withholding “state funding over matters that should be a personal medical choice for every citizen” and overstepping “lawful boundaries.”

They Said It

Board member Brooke [sic] Willeford interjected during the meeting, pointing out that the diversity, equity and inclusion training is not the same as critical race theory, a graduate-level course. He also emphasized that sexual education is not taught to 5-year-olds within the school district, or required to be taught by state law.