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As COVID’s school closures have dragged on for the past year, parents wanting their children back in the classroom have found themselves stymied by teacher unions and the public education bureaucracy. There were few alternatives to letting their kids languish in remote learning.
But some Douglas County parents decided they weren’t going to take “no” for an answer. They mounted a recall effort against four members of the Douglas County School Board, which had kept the district’s middle schools and high schools closed.
In January, parent Nate Ormond began organizing other community members. A successful entrepreneur, Ormond pledged $100,000 of his own money toward the recall in hopes of returning students to the classroom. He explained that he had planned to dedicate that money to private-school tuition for his daughter but then decided to spend it on getting every Douglas County student back into the classroom instead.
As COVID’s school closures have dragged on for the past year, parents wanting their children back in the classroom have found themselves stymied by teacher unions and the public education bureaucracy. There were few alternatives to letting their kids languish in remote learning.
But some Douglas County parents decided they weren’t going to take “no” for an answer. They mounted a recall effort against four members of the Douglas County School Board, which had kept the district’s middle schools and high schools closed.
In January, parent Nate Ormond began organizing other community members. A successful entrepreneur, Ormond pledged $100,000 of his own money toward the recall in hopes of returning students to the classroom. He explained that he had planned to dedicate that money to private-school tuition for his daughter but then decided to spend it on getting every Douglas County student back into the classroom instead.
A small army of parents began gathering signatures at storefronts and going door to door. They persisted in the face of hecklers and fierce resistance. As the recall gained steam,