Schools in the San Francisco Bay Area have severed ties with Walk Kindergarten following a national backlash against the program’s curriculum and the words of its founder.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Grassbrook Elementary School spent $250,000 in federal funds intended to boost test scores in programs in some of the nation’s lowest-performing schools, but the program at Walk Kindergarten After two years, students’ scores have reportedly worsened.
Akiea “Ki” Gross, the director of Walk Kindergarten, believes that America and Israel “have no right to exist,” and that she has posted social media posts that show she wants a world “without” these countries. Shared the post. “You are all evil. We have been trying to end you all,” she wrote of them.
Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) spokesperson Michael Bazley told Fox News Digital that the school ended its contract with Walk Kindergarten on Monday and that the consultant was never an employee.
Panoramic view of Grassbrook Elementary School in Hayward, California. (Google Street View)
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Bazley said HUSD was aware of certain “statements made by Walk Kindergarten staff,” adding, “While we respect free speech and the right of individuals to hold different political views, we believe that vendors’ social media and other ‘s official statement says otherwise. Be consistent with the district’s values and the values of many community members. ”
“Personal political and social views are separate from the work that Walk Kindergarten has done with us,” Mr Bazley said.
Walk Kindergarten describes itself on its website as “supporting children, families, educators, and organizations dedicated to abolitionist early education and advocacy for Black, gay, and trans liberation.” The organization includes “woke” words of the time such as “ceasefire” and “abolition,” as well as “woke questions” about challenging the “legitimacy of the Supreme Court” and abolishing police, funding, and the military. There are also such things.
Although the school has parted ways with this vendor, it continues to promote “anti-racism” education.
The director of Walk Kindergarten is Akiea “Ki” Gross, who has written about trying to “end” the United States and Israel. (Instagram/Screenshot | Wake Kindergarten)
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“We continue to support Grassbrook Elementary School as its teachers, staff and administrators advance their efforts to support the students and families in our school community,” Bazley said. “Anti-bias/anti-racist education, restorative practices, multilingual learning, literacy and mathematics will continue to be a focus at Glassbrook and will build on the work the school has undertaken over the past few years.”
A spokesperson said that even after the district terminated the contract, it still maintains that Walk Kindergarten’s curriculum was mischaracterized.
“The controversy surrounding this program, including widespread media attention, mischaracterizations of Wake Kindergarten’s activities, social media posts by vendors, and public reaction, all reflect the important work that school districts do to support us. “You’re distracting from it, students,” he said. “We have concluded that now is the appropriate time to terminate the contract.”
The school reportedly received “threatening and racist” messages following the report.
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On Thursday, a Grassbrook Elementary School teacher publicly criticized her school district’s investment in Walk Kindergarten and reported that she had been placed on administrative leave for “alleged unprofessional conduct.”
Bazley told Fox News Digital at the time that he “does not comment on private personnel matters,” but said the teacher was placed on administrative leave “for retaliatory purposes” and was disciplined for his comments to the press. He denied that.
FOX News’ Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
