{"id":1981379,"date":"2023-07-24T14:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-board-that-recently-flipped-conservative-revokes-anti-racism-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:07:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:07:49","slug":"school-board-that-recently-flipped-conservative-revokes-anti-racism-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-board-that-recently-flipped-conservative-revokes-anti-racism-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative-led School Board reverses &#8216;Anti-Racism&#8217; Policy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Fschool-board-that-recently-flipped-conservative-revokes-anti-racism-policy%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=1981379&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--><h2>School \u2062Board That Recently Flipped Conservative\u200b Revokes &#8216;Anti-Racism&#8217; Policy<\/h2>\n<p>A Missouri school board \u200bthat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gold-star-dad-blasts-biden-for-reported-plan-to-pay-some-illegal-immigrants-450k\/\" title=\"Gold Star Dad Blasts Biden For Reported Plan To Pay Some Illegal Immigrants 0K\">recently flipped<\/a> to a conservative majority rescinded an \u201canti-racism\u201d resolution Thursday\u2064 that was\u200b enacted in 2020 following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis\u200b police \u2063custody,\u2063 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/missouri-school-board-drops-antiracism-resolution-9d857b0e316950b600684e0050b85229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated \u200dPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Francis Howell School \u200bBoard outside of St. Louis voted to revoke a resolution calling for \u201can \u200dequitable and anti-racist system\u201d and to remove all copies and references to the policy \u2062from around school buildings, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The resolution was\u200d initially adopted in May 2020 when many school\u200c boards were putting an emphasis on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-media-give-player-pass-on-anti-asian-racial-slur-thats-because-of-identity-and-politics\/\" title=\"NFL, Media Give Player Pass On Anti-Asian Racial Slur. That\u2019s Because Of Identity And Politics.\">anti-racism initiatives<\/a> \u200din\u2064 curricula following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-pay-george-floyd-blm-rioters-13-million-historic-settlement-mass-arrests-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Floyd\u2019s death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI do not feel the school district needs \u200da resolution against every \u200cevil in\u2064 society that we are against, such as racism,\u201d Randy Cook, Francis Howell School Board vice president, told the Daily \u200dCaller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchool boards in Missouri are tasked, by\u2063 law,\u200d with addressing the needs of the\u2062 school district by making all\u200b needful rules and regulations for the organization, grading \u200dand government in\u200c the \u200dschool district,\u201d\u2064 Cook said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchool board members are elected to do those things \u2014 not \u200cto \u2064spend time writing and debating resolutions about all of\u2062 the problems in\u2064 the world today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2022, Francis Howell \u2063Families, a political action committee, endorsed\u200b several candidates who were elected to the school board, \u200dflipping\u200b the majority conservative, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the\u2063 election, Francis Howell \u2063Families condemned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-school-board-banned-ideology-from-classrooms-the-schools-simply-ignored-it\/\" title=\"A School Board Banned Ideology From Classrooms. The Schools Simply Ignored It.\">anti-racism resolution<\/a>, saying it promoted tenets of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/not-course-called-crt-youngkin-reveals-left-hides-evil-theory-plain-sight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critical race theory<\/a> and Marxism.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe will promote racial\u2062 healing,\u200b especially for our Black and\u200b brown students and families,\u201d \u2062the resolution said, according \u2062to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/education\/francis-howell-school-board-set-to-rescind-anti-racism-resolution\/article_3801e104-2585-11ee-9a31-73e735713091.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>. \u201cWe will no longer be silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to creating an equitable and anti-racist system\u200b that honors and elevates all, but one that also specifically acknowledges the challenges faced\u200c by\u2064 our Black and brown students and families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CRT holds that America is \u2063fundamentally\u200d racist and teaches people to view every social interaction\u2064 and person in terms of race. Its adherents pursue\u2064 \u201cantiracism\u201d through the end of merit \u200dand the \u200dadoption of race-based policies.<\/p>\n<p>There are no plans as of \u2064yet to adopt \u2063a resolution in place of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-board-that-recently-flipped-conservative-revokes-anti-racism-policy\/\" title=\"Conservative-led School Board reverses 'Anti-Racism' Policy.\">revoked anti-racism resolution<\/a>, Cook\u200d told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-conservative-school-board-members-fire-superintendent-ban-critical-race-theory-first-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School districts<\/a>, parents and \u200blawmakers are debating how to address race and equity issues within the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>In February, it was \u2062revealed \u2064that a California school\u200d district enlisted a Black Lives \u2064Matter Task Force to help \u2062teach seventh-graders about \u200cthe \u201cdaily effects of \u2064white privilege\u201d and \u201cimplicit bias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That same month, several schools across\u2062 the \u200dcountry celebrated national \u201cBlack Lives \u2063Matter at School\u201d \u2063week, which \u200cemphasized \u201crestorative justice\u201d and \u201cdiversity and globalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn\u2063 my opinion, the school board\u2062 doesn\u2019t need to be in the business\u2062 of dividing the community,\u201d Cook told the AP. \u201cWe just need to stick to the business of educating students \u2063here and stay out of the national politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All\u2062 content created by the Daily \u2064Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide\u2064 a large audience. All republished articles\u200c must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their\u200c DCNF affiliation. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/school-board-recently-flipped-conservative-revokes-anti-racism-policy\/\">School Board That Recently Flipped Conservative Revokes &#8216;Anti-Racism&#8217; Policy<\/a> appeared first \u2064on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u200dWestern Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A conservative majority Missouri school board has revoked an &#8220;anti-racism&#8221; resolution enacted in 2020 after George Floyd&#8217;s death. 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