Debates over COVID-19 safety measures in schools and a new law restricting how race-related issues can be discussed in classrooms have made Texas school board races much more visible this year.
and former Gov. Rick Perry. Kinsey also received a donation from conservative megadonor Tim Dunn and large donations from the Charter Schools Now political action committee.
In District 2, which covers part of the Gulf Coast, Republican LJ Francis won the open seat and based his campaign on banning critical race theory from schools, claimingHe’ll face either Victor Perez or Pete Garcia, who advanced to a Democratic primary runoff election. DemocratRepublicans Julien Pricken and Michael Barton were the top vote-getters for the open District 7 seat, which also covers part of the Gulf Coast.
In District 14, which includes Denton County and reaches to Lampasas County, neither Republican candidate appeared to make critical race theory a part of their campaign, but incumbentSocorro Morales, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, who has expertise in critical race theory, said it’s not true that talking about race, inclusivity or ethnic studies means schools are placing the blame on white children.
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