{"id":1754038,"date":"2022-11-28T15:48:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754038"},"modified":"2022-11-28T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:49:01","slug":"parents-apoplectic-after-oregon-school-board-goes-virtual-amid-gender-ideology-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-apoplectic-after-oregon-school-board-goes-virtual-amid-gender-ideology-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents Apoplectic After Oregon School Board Goes Virtual Amid Gender Ideology Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparents-apoplectic-after-oregon-school-board-goes-virtual-amid-gender-ideology-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Oregon parents are outraged after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/education\">school<\/a> board took their meetings virtual during ongoing discussions about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gender\">gender<\/a> ideology and below-par academic performance.<\/p>\n<p>The North Clackamas School District in the Portland area decided to move its school board meetings online indefinitely after parents erupted at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L0Xk9RDE79I\">meeting<\/a>\u00a0last month.<\/p>\n<p>During the October 27 meeting, parents ripped into school board members over \u201cgender-affirming care\u201d content and alleged \u201cpornographic\u201d books in school libraries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis district and the way it runs is a complete dumpster fire,\u201d one father who attended the meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/katv.com\/news\/nation-world\/oregon-school-board-goes-virtual-after-outraged-parents-flood-board-meeting-complete-dumpster-fire-north-clackamas-school-district-october\">said<\/a>. \u201cStop gaslighting us in your little newsletters saying everything is okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys are too blind to see it, but school choice and privatization of education is coming,\u201d another father said.<\/p>\n<p>The tipping point came when a mom held up a placard with explicit pictures from the LGBT graphic novel \u201cGender Queer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The board\u2019s vice chairperson, Jena Benologa,\u00a0abruptly\u00a0shut down the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay, I think we\u2019re gonna have to shut this down and go back online,\u201d Benologa said as she and other board members stood up and walked out as parents in the room erupted.<\/p>\n<p>The frustrated parents shouted after them, \u201cYou\u2019re just afraid! You\u2019re afraid to face what you do!\u201d and \u201cYou have disrespected us!\u201d along with shouts of \u201cCowards!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parents continued to read their statements even after the school board members had left the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe value public input during our board meetings, which is why we invite community members to sign up and address the board with their comments and concerns,\u201d the North Clackamas\u00a0district <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/oregon-school-board-goes-virtual-after-outraged-parents-flood-board-meeting-complete-dumpster-fire-north-clackamas-school-district-october\">said<\/a>\u00a0in a statement. \u201cThe main responsibility of board members during that designated time on the agenda is to listen. It is not a venue for discussion, so they do not provide immediate feedback. This can be frustrating to speakers and may contribute to the perception that they are not being heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the controversial library books, the district <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/oregon-school-board-goes-virtual-after-outraged-parents-flood-board-meeting-complete-dumpster-fire-north-clackamas-school-district-october\">said<\/a> that \u201crepresentation in instructional and library materials is a very important part of engaging and supporting all students, including those in the LGBTQ+ community, who are especially vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a district-by-district\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ode.state.or.us\/data\/reportcard\/reports.aspx\">report<\/a> released last month by Oregon\u2019s education department shows students are suffering academically.<\/p>\n<p>In the North Clackamas district, which serves nearly 16,300 students, a dismal 24% meet state grade-level math expectations, lower than Oregon\u2019s 27% average. Only 43% meet grade-level expectations in English language arts, slightly higher than Oregon\u2019s 40% average.<\/p>\n<p>As students returned to in-person learning last school year following the pandemic, Oregon\u2019s\u00a0regular attendee rate sank nearly 15.7% compared to the 2018-19 school year.<\/p>\n<p>North Clackamas is not the first Oregon school district to shut down in-person school board meetings over parent backlash.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the Salem-Keizer School District, the second largest in Oregon, said it would no longer hold in-person school board meetings <a href=\"https:\/\/salkeiz.k12.or.us\/news\/letter-school-board-meetings\/\">due to<\/a> \u201cthreats and potential safety issues\u201d from \u201cadults all along the political and ideological spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few years and especially since the pandemic, school board meetings have become a battleground for a litany of issues, including sexual curriculum content, gender ideology, school safety, and learning loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon parents are outraged after a school board took their meetings virtual during ongoing discussions about gender ideology and below-par academic performance. The North Clackamas School District in the Portland area decided to move its school board meetings online indefinitely after parents erupted at a meeting\u00a0last month. 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