{"id":550139,"date":"2021-06-02T18:36:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T22:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550139"},"modified":"2021-06-02T18:36:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T22:36:13","slug":"rhode-island-mom-asked-for-information-about-critical-race-theory-in-curriculum-now-faces-potential-lawsuit-from-school-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhode-island-mom-asked-for-information-about-critical-race-theory-in-curriculum-now-faces-potential-lawsuit-from-school-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island Mom Asked For Information About Critical Race Theory In Curriculum, Now Faces Potential Lawsuit From School Committee"},"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\">38<\/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%2Frhode-island-mom-asked-for-information-about-critical-race-theory-in-curriculum-now-faces-potential-lawsuit-from-school-committee%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=550139&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/B7C610E4-F4DE-40A9-A0E8-5235F462CD2A_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">A Rhode Island mom could face a potential lawsuit after requesting information from an elementary school regarding concerns over its possible inclusion of critical race theory in its curriculum.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nicole Solas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/rhode-island-mother-lawsuit-critical-race-theory-requests\">told<\/a> \u201cFox and Friends\u201d that she \u201cwanted to speak out because I have to fight for my daughter\u2019s education and I\u2019m in a special position. I don\u2019t have a job to lose because I\u2019m a stay-at-home mom. My daughter is just starting out in school. So, you know, if I have to send her to private school, I will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAnd I think it\u2019s really important for parents to start asking more questions, because the more parents that ask more questions, the harder it will be for schools to retaliate against a lot of parents,\u201d she said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As Solas enrolled her daughter, she asked the school if they were including anything with gender theory or anti-racism at the school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Solas said that she called the principal and was informed that they don\u2019t reference \u201ckids as boys and girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI was also told that they refrain from using gendered terminology in general. In terms of anti-racism, I was told that kids in kindergarten are asked what could have been done differently at Thanksgiving, and this struck me as a way to shame children for their American heritage,\u201d Solas said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Solas decided to attempt to see a copy of the curriculum for herself and was eventually told by the school committee and principal to put in a public records request through the Access to Public Records Act (APRA). She said that she requested to get a tour of the school, as well, and did not receive one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After she got the curriculum, Solas said she \u201cdidn\u2019t see any evidence of gender theory or anti-racism in it but I knew that they were still teaching it somehow in schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She started using the APRA request process to get more answers to her queries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI have a lot of questions. I\u2019m asking them. I wish that my questions could have been answered without having to do it this way. But they told me to do it this way,\u201d she said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A local outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golocalprov.com\/news\/ri-school-committee-considers-suing-woman-for-hundreds-of-apras-questioning\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> that a Rhode Island school committee is now threatening to sue her over what they have described as 160 separate public records requests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Go Local Prov <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golocalprov.com\/news\/ri-school-committee-considers-suing-woman-for-hundreds-of-apras-questioning\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThe Town of South Kingstown initially demanded a nearly $10,000 bill for records retrieval related to her request for information about the school district\u2019s implementation of \u00a0\u2018critical race and gender curriculum.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Wednesday night, the committee is scheduled to meet, and one of the items listed on the agenda is reportedly \u201cDiscussion\/Action: filing lawsuit against Solas to challenge filing of over 160 APRA requests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Solas explained her side of the story in a post on the Legal Insurrection <a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2021\/06\/im-a-mom-seeking-records-of-critical-race-and-gender-curriculum-now-the-school-committee-may-sue-to-stop-me\/?fbclid=IwAR102ATr-P4HAK4_xe4v0WbZVfI_8RnlUS_PTGxwXwcvznPRqNKg_D8KFm0\"><span class=\"s1\">website<\/span><\/a>, stating that she \u201camended my request to narrow the scope of requested emails to six months and requested digital copies instead of hard copies. That $9,570 estimate dropped to $79.50.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNo one in the school department ever told me it was a problem while I was in constant contact with them to request and purchase information. I purchased over $300 worth of public information and shared it to a private Facebook group to raise awareness about indoctrination in Rhode Island schools,\u201d she added. \u201cI developed a growing network of likeminded teachers, parents, and community members who gave me information about CRT and gender theory infiltrating Rhode Island school districts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After she had already gathered some information, Solas saw that the school district was planning to discuss filling litigation against her because of her requests for information.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Solas wrote that the \u201cnumerous attorneys with whom I\u2019ve consulted cannot figure out the basis of a claim against me.\u00a0 There is no limit to submitting public record requests. Further, the APRA statute contemplates multiple requests made in a 30-day period for the purpose of cost.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/webserver.rilin.state.ri.us\/Statutes\/TITLE38\/38-2\/38-2-4.HTM\"><span class=\"s2\">It states<\/span><\/a>: \u2018[M]ultiple requests from any person or entity to the same public body within a thirty (30) day time period shall be considered one request.\u2019 Accordingly, I did not submit 160 requests \u2013 I submitted ONE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c\u2026I will not stop asking questions,\u201d she added, concluding, \u201cIf the school system starts to bully you because you are asking too many questions, then you\u2019re winning. Don\u2019t give up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Rhode Island mom could face a potential lawsuit after requesting information from an elementary school regarding concerns over its possible inclusion of critical race theory in its curriculum.\u00a0Nicole Solas &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278992,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/B7C610E4-F4DE-40A9-A0E8-5235F462CD2A_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Rhode Island Mom Asked For Information About Critical Race Theory In Curriculum, Now Faces Potential Lawsuit From School Committee","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/B7C610E4-F4DE-40A9-A0E8-5235F462CD2A_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Rhode Island Mom Asked For Information About Critical Race Theory In Curriculum, Now Faces Potential Lawsuit From School Committee","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}