in January that an anonymous parent group had objected to Dalton s direction. The group called for an immediate pause to the anti-racism programs, and an impartial ombudsman to investigate changes to the curriculum. In a letter, it said
Every class this year has had an obsessive focus on race and identity, racist cop reenactments in science, de-centering whiteness in art class, learning about white supremacy and sexuality in health class.
Wildly inappropriate, many of these classes feel more akin to a Zoom corporate sensitivity-training than to Dalton s intellectually engaging curriculum.
Best had claimed the reporting on Dalton s diversity programs was blatantly and erroneously mischaracterized.