The Moore County Board of Education wonât adopt a ban on Critical Race Theory, based on a vote on Monday night that was almost as divided as the 40 people who addressed the board on the subject.
The school board heard input from a total of 47 speakers over more than two hours. Most of them offered feedback regarding a policy proposed by board member Robert Levy, which would have stipulated that no curriculum taught in Moore County Schools be based on Critical Race Theory.
Levy proposed this policy in conjunction with national backlash against the long-established legal and academic movement, which has emerged locally surrounding the implementation of North Carolinaâs new K-12 social studies standards.