{"id":586111,"date":"2021-07-08T12:36:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=586111"},"modified":"2021-07-08T12:36:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:36:36","slug":"two-moms-stood-up-for-transparency-at-their-kids-elite-private-school-now-their-kids-have-been-denied-re-enrollment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-moms-stood-up-for-transparency-at-their-kids-elite-private-school-now-their-kids-have-been-denied-re-enrollment\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Moms Stood Up For Transparency At Their Kids\u2019 Elite Private School. Now Their Kids Have Been Denied Re-Enrollment."},"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%2Ftwo-moms-stood-up-for-transparency-at-their-kids-elite-private-school-now-their-kids-have-been-denied-re-enrollment%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=586111&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><span>The children of two outspoken Ohio mothers were denied re-enrollment at a prestigious private school after the duo demanded transparency in their children\u2019s alleged race-based curriculum.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mothers Andrea Gross and Amy Gonzalez received hand-delivered letters from Columbus Academy on June 11 notifying them that their children would not be allowed to re-enroll in the school due to their activism and alleged breach of a parent-school contract. Gross and Gonzalez created a coalition in March to push back on what they call the school\u2019s \u201cintimidation and bullying\u201d campaign against students and parents with non-progressive views. The organization is called the \u201cPro CA Coalition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The duo has appeared on Fox News\u2019s Tucker Carlson, Fox &amp; Friends, and other national media platforms to discuss what they believe are problematic aspects of their children\u2019s education at Columbus Academy. The school claims that the duo engaged in an \u201cinflammatory\u201d and \u201cmisleading\u201d campaign against the school.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou have engaged in a campaign against Columbus Academy through a sustained, and increasingly inflammatory, series of false and misleading attacks on the School and its leadership,\u201d the re-enrollment denial letter reads. \u201cYour actions caused pain, and even fear for physical safety, among students, families, faculty, and staff.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Examples cited in the letter of Gross and Gonzalez\u2019s \u201cmisleading\u201d campaign include refusing to stick up for the school during a podcast. The duo appeared on the podcast \u201cBlunt Force Truth.\u201d The podcast host called the school\u2019s leadership \u201cbad people that want to do bad things to your children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the re-enrollment denial letter, the school claimed that it was Gross and Gonzalez\u2019s responsibility to \u201cpush back\u201d on the host\u2019s rhetoric. The school claims that their activism \u201cmisrepresent[s] Columbus Academy\u2019s curriculum, values, and actions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Head of School and Board of Trustees have determined that over the last several months your actions have unquestionably severely impaired the creation and maintenance of a constructive relationship between you and the School and seriously interfered with the School\u2019s ability to accomplish its educational objectives,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cAccordingly, this letter is a formal notification that [your child] is dismissed from, and will not be a student at, Columbus Academy for the 2021-2022 school year.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Columbus Academy spokesman Dan Williamson told The Daily Wire that any family that violates the school\u2019s \u201cEnrollment Agreement,\u201d which requires a \u201cconstructive working relationship\u201d between the school and parents, would be denied re-enrollment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNo child has ever been denied re-enrollment to Columbus Academy because a parent raised questions, concerns, or criticisms about a child\u2019s education,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cColumbus Academy does not comment on the circumstances of any student or family. However, any parent who waged a public campaign of false and misleading statements and inflammatory attacks harmful to the employees, the reputation, or the financial stability of Columbus Academy would be in clear violation of the Enrollment Agreement and would be denied re-enrollment for the following school year.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an interview with The Daily Wire, Gross and Gonzalez said that Columbus Academy administrators infiltrated their meetings and used private conversations for reasons to deny their children re-enrollment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>John Wuorinen, the school\u2019s Director of Admissions and Financial Assistance, infiltrated a Pro CA Coalition Zoom meeting using the name \u201cAnti-ProCA Coalition.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_243595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243595\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-243595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Anti-ProCA-Coalition--300x159.jpeg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/Anti-ProCA-Coalition--300x159.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/Anti-ProCA-Coalition--1024x542.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/Anti-ProCA-Coalition--768x406.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/Anti-ProCA-Coalition-.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-243595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via Pro CA Coalition<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>During the infiltrated meeting, one parent suggested that parents could withhold tuition payments until the school board listened to them. Gross and Gonzalez said the idea was briefly discussed, though there was never an intent to move forward with it. The discussion was cited as a reason for denied re-enrollment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Pro CA Coalition leaders said that infiltration was a violation of their privacy. Many members send their children to $30,000-per-year school with financial assistance, which Wuorinen has control over, and are fearful that the school will retaliate against them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gross and Gonzalez told The Daily Wire they remain unsure where they will send their children for the upcoming school year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Like many elite private schools in the nation, Columbus Academy allegedly opted to teach \u201canti-racism\u201d and critical race theory in the classroom. The school vehemently denies these accusations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gross and Gonzalez told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elite-private-academy-refuses-to-show-race-based-curriculum-to-parents\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span> that they have requested copies of the curriculum being used to teach about racism and the school has refused to provide any information. The coalition argues that parents have the right to know which materials, books, exercises, videos, and speakers are being used to address racism in the classroom.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Gross and Gonzalez, the Columbus Academy School Board has denied their requests for increased transparency and accountability. The duo has asked to host a town hall between the board and parents moderated by a third party. The board denied the town hall.&nbsp;<\/span><\/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\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The children of two outspoken Ohio mothers were denied re-enrollment at a prestigious private school after the duo demanded transparency in their children\u2019s alleged race-based curriculum.\u00a0Mothers Andrea Gross and Amy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314258,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Anti-ProCA-Coalition--300x159.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Two Moms Stood Up For Transparency At Their Kids\u2019 Elite Private School. 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