Goal--public school privatization. Tactic--take over school board, fire superintendent.

[Timeflyer]

US Public education is under attack by dark money billionaires who want to control the curriculum and harvest all those delicious tax dollars for themselves. Locally, one incumbent (a pal of Steve Bannon's) and two new Sarasota FL school board members were endorsed by Proud Boys and Moms for Bigotry, and campaigned for by DeSATAN himself, in person. The new members replaced sane, brave, caring board members who endured horrible abuse during COVID over support of masking in schools--now their rational voices are gone, replaced by conservative ideologues.

Within minutes of being sworn in the newly conservative board voted 4-1 to fire the public school supervisor (one lone non-ideologue remains on the board). The motion to terminate the supervisor's contract was made by a conservative member who had graded the Super as "effective" 21 days before moving to fire him.

A fearless local group called "Support Our Schools" has been warning about this use of school kids as political pawns in the GOP quest for profit and thought control for at least a year--that's when a big corporate charter school business tried to make inroads in the county. Now they have organized a rally to support the Supervisor. But the area has become a hotbed of MAGA morons. And with DeSATAN authoritarian one-party controlled state government, it's a constant battle.

Other states and communities need to be aware that those who want the destruction of PUBLIC education are playing a long game, with plenty of money to support their cause. Profit is their ultimate goal, our kids are their pawns in this con, and they are relentless.

[Lovie777]

1. Mini dictatorship .....

This is the GQP in Florida and DeSatan is the leader. It is imperative that pro-democracy politicians take the reign in 2023 and 2024 and thereafter.

[Initech]

2. Support Our Schools is a radical Christian right front group.

If they show up to your city, they are up to no good. We have one of their shitheads in our district and we cannot get rid of her, even though multiple attempts have been made. Fuck these religious fascists.
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[Timeflyer]

5. No, no, no, not this group!--must be another group with same name.

Definitely not this group! Many wonderful Jewish members helped form the group in SW Florida, because they saw the direction the MAGA Christofascists were heading in here, and had backgrounds in or simply care deeply about public education and its importance in maintaining our democracy. Members have been targeted by the Moms for Bigotry and Proud Boys for having the courage to oppose them--so if there is a shithead group with the same name, that's just an unfortunate coincidence.

Please provide the location info on the group you're referring to.

[Initech]

6. Oops, wrong group.

I was thinking of "Save Our Schools" - they are the group that I was referring to. Please disregard!

[Thomas Hurt]

3. This has been a christofascist tactic since Reagan. The Pig has brought out a resurgence.

[arlyellowdog]

4. Youngkin's goal for Virginia is destroy public education

The irony! The Republicans got public school parents frustrated by the pandemic to vote for a rich guy who sends his kids to an elite Catholic school in DC. Virginia Democrats have to show NOVA parents that these guys hate public education. Republicans even tried to use parents exasperation with their kids at home in the 2022 election, long after schools had reopened. Virginians have to reclaim the education message.

[Initech]

7. Pretty sure that's Rupert Murdoch's goal.

Youngkin is just one of his many installed lackeys to do his every evil bidding, like Abbott and DeSantis.