BISMARCK, N.D. - State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler on Tuesday announced the names of applicants for two prominent North Dakota education boards – the Board of Higher Education and the
Starkweather Public School District Superintendent Larry Volk wrote in an email to a mailing list run by the North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders that critical race theory is “bigotry cloaked in academic theory" and noted it "will never have a place in our school district." He added that it's "time to move away from godless corrupt woke, left-wing ideology and back to the devout Christ centered Republic the founders envisioned.”
Starkweather Public School District Superintendent Larry Volk wrote in an email to a large mailing list run by the North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders that critical race theory is “bigotry cloaked in academic theory" and noted it "will never have a place in our school district." He added that it's "time to move away from godless corrupt woke, left-wing ideology and back to the devout Christ centered Republic the founders envisioned.”
Larson writes, "Educational leaders must openly welcome children of any color, belief, ethnicity, religion, or lack thereof, to our public schools. Reading the entire email, it is obvious that Superintendent Volk would not do so. He appears to have significant anger, prejudicial issues, and definitely should step down from his position as an educational leader."