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Conservative Candidates are Stoking Needless Fear about the Critical Race Theory Boogeyman in Schools. That s Fake News. A coordinated effort to push an anti-anti-racist agenda is happening all over the country including Bend and Redmond It seems the entire community is talking about the current school board elections for Bend-La Pine Schools a strange turn for a May election, which oftentimes is barely a blip on voters radars. While we have already commented on the disservice rendered to local voters when candidates opt not to engage in the non-partisan forums and interviews offered locally, it s become clear that there s something more concerning at work here. ....
BEND â Typically, school board races in Central Oregon are a quieter affair than City Council or state Legislature campaigns. The elections are in May, not November, and during odd-numbered years. Turnout is lower, as most people donât get as fired up about whoâs going to be on the school board as much as they do about whoâs going to represent them in Salem. And the race is nominally nonpartisan â no Republican or Democrat identifiers on the ballot. But not in this yearâs race for the Bend-La Pine School Board. The campaign has become politically charged, and three candidates on a conservative slate have repeatedly criticized schools for how they teach issues of race. Theyâve said local schools make white students feel guilty, and claim so-called âwokenessâ â slang for an alertness to racial or social discrimination and injustice â is ruining local schools. ....