We want to highlight something that's happening in one school district tonight because it's emblematic of the disrespect for educators + students we've seen crop up statewide.

Thx to @TFN & @ACLUTx for sounding the alarm about Grapevine-Colleyville ISD's board meeting. 🧵 Tonight, the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD school board will vote on some radical policies that hamper educators' ability to #TeachTheTruth & target our LGBTQIA+ students.

You can find the policies here, but this thread will look at the most worrisome: meetings.boardbook.org/Documents/WebV…

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IDEA 'Public' Schools has selected a new superintendent: Dr. Jeff Cottrill.

Do you know what Dr. Cottrill's current role is? He oversees the TEA division CURRENTLY investigating IDEA for misuse of public funds.

🧵 #TxEd The investigation into IDEA has been ongoing since May 2021 based on evidence “that senior IDEA executives used IDEA financial and staff resources for their personal benefit.”

These findings resulted in the firing of IDEA’s CEO and COO. #TxEd

Since the #TxLege is interested in discussing COVID-19 safety in schools, let’s take a moment to set a few things straight. Science should be guiding our decisions, not social media misinformation. #TxEd

A thread 🧵 MYTH: COVID-19 is the same/not as bad as the flu.

FACT: COVID-19 is three times more infectious and more deadly than the seasonal flu. In fact, COVID has killed more than 10 times as many people as the worst flu season of the past decade.