A group of parents circulated a letter this week asking residents to vote for incumbents who support an equity proposal that has long been in the works. They also spoke against the challengers, who have been endorsed by a group called “Vermont Parents Against Critical Theory.”
In the weeks before Town Meeting Day, a surge of anti-mask mandate, anti-“critical race theory” candidates from across Vermont made bids for seats on school boards. But according to results released Tuesday night, many of those candidates failed to.
Earlier this month, Mathew Johnson, a candidate for the Kingdom East School District board, tuned into a school board meeting to express frustration with the district’s policies. The district’s mask mandate was “blatant child abuse, in my opinion,” he.