Trice departed after I reported on his talking points to the #WCPSS board on CRT.
Under Trice & Macarenaz, the Equity Affairs office has been responsible for CRT training of teachers going back 5 years.
The office has cost taxpayers millions.
Mascarenaz was a hire from the Southern Poverty Law Center's "Teaching Tolerence," which has since been renamed to "Learning for Justice.'
She was “Director of Equity Affairs for Coaching and Leadership.” Salary at date of hire: $85,000. She made $86,708 as of 2019.
The Office of Equity Affairs (OEA) has cost taxpayers millions, such as annual salaries (around 700k for 10 people).
Below is the running total for the OEA as determined by records requests. It's almost $6M since its inception not including 2020-21. #wcpss
The OEA was also behind the Equity push at the State Board of Education, "leveraging student voices" to advance an equity framework that looks very much like that of "Anti-bias framework" created by the SPLC's teaching tolerance. ladyliberty1885.com/2019/07/09/wcp…
Right after the riots and protests over the death of George Floyd in 2020, the OEA rolled out a "Black Lives Matter" website. The website was registered under Trice.
It has since been taken down after parents protested.
NSJ dialed in to today's COVID briefing and was just shut out of questions like we were in the past.
FTR, I logged into the call at the earliest time and was the first one logged in. #ncpol
Wake County's Office of Equity Affairs has drafted a new "Equity" policy for the district. It will be on the Policy Cmte agenda this Wednesday.
Yes, there are #CriticalRaceTheory elements in it.
(thread) #wcpss
Wake's OEA is going out of state with one example - Arlington, VA. This one repeats the idea of "inclusion" yet follows the fluid nature of CRT:
"The work of equity is a principle that is constantly evolving, therefore, it is only prudent that the
definition will also evolve."
Last night at the Iredell-Statesville Schools (ISS) Board meeting, parents signed up to speak about ending masks in schools.
Speakers included former Miss USA 2009 Carrie Prejean Boller, who used her Instagram account to rally parents to the meeting. 1/3 #ncpol#nced
Parents also spoke against the possibility of forcing children to be COVID-19 vaccinated in order to attend school. The ISS district is not letting parents proctor tests unless they are vaccinated. #nced#ncga
There's a bill (HB572) in the #ncga right now barring vaccine mandates. It passed the House with 10 Democrats voting Yes. It's now up to the Senate to move in it. ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/202… #ncpol#nced
INBOX: The NCAE doesn't like the idea of posting class materials, videos, links, etc on their school's website for parents to see per requirements in SB 755.
Here's their statement, stick around for the thread.
NCAE Pres. says that "The idea of academic transparency is a solution in search of a problem"
Her reason is all materials & texts are vetted, so there is no need to see them.
She leaves out a lot of materials are district sourced or teacher-created. These are not vetted...
Ms. Kelly knows through personal experience that many materials ending up in classrooms are not vetted by the state.
Dem. Sen. Natasha Marcus spoke against the scholarships during floor debate. She said that "public funds should be used for public schools and not for private schools that are completely unaccountable."
She questioned private school teacher qualifications. #ncga
Sen. Marcus then said private schools "don't have to demonstrate what their students are learning."
Sen. Lee countered, "Whenever someone says you should give money to the schools, I think the money should follow the child." #ncga