California’s newly elected majority conservative school board recently approved a resolution to hire people. anti-critical race theory consultant.
On March 13, in a 3-2 decision, the Temecula Valley Unified School District allocated $15,000 to anti-CRT initiatives, including hiring consultants to hold “discussion groups” at after-school board workshops. voted for
The discussion will cover the history of important race theories and the board’s December resolution to ban CRTs. In a district of approximately 28,000 students, he plans to conduct six two-hour sessions.
Christopher Arend, former Board of Education Chairman of the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District, was hired by the district to host a discussion group and participate in a six-member panel for a workshop at James L. Day Middle School. Did. All of these panelists are reportedly against teaching her CRT in the classroom.
When Arend was president of Paso Robles, the district passed a resolution banning CRTs in 2021. He has also written a manuscript for a new book titled ‘Critical Race Theory Scam’.
TVUSD Board members Dr. Joseph Wayne Komloski, Jennifer Weirsma, and Danny Gonzalez voted in favor of the resolution, while Allison Berkley and Stephen Schwartz voted against.
Schwartz accused Allend of not being properly qualified to teach critical race theory.
“He’s not an expert. He’s not a CRT expert. He’s a lawyer and he studied, so we don’t give him degrees related to history or ethnology or important racial theory.” I do not have an educational qualification.
When asked to clarify his “expertise” on the educational code, Arend said: , he learns one of the main principles of equal protection under the law. ”
In response, Schwartz argued that the funds should go to other school district expenses, such as high school field trips and graduation expenses.
“I don’t think you should spend $15,000 on a gentleman who thinks CRT is a disgustingly racist ideology,” Schwartz said.
Wiersma defended the board’s decision to employ Arend, arguing that school districts spent “thousands of dollars” from taxpayers to advance diversity, equity and inclusion training.
“What I mean is that we looked at the track record of what we did for training. says Wiersma. He said.
“I think it’s just as important that this debate is going on at the global, state and national level. Having someone who can come to the table and not only advocate but also bring people in for the discussion from that point onwards. The thing is, we talk about where the solution needs to go in the workshop, but that’s totally different: 5 different experts who have the same vote, don’t look the same, and have the same opinion. No. The background is the same,” added Wiersma.
At a recent school board meeting, one of the district’s teachers previously accused Arend of agreeing to teach CRTs for gas, according to an audio clip played by a teacher.
“He said he’d do it for gas. That $15,000 is a lot of money for gas. In my opinion, you should never hire Christopher Arend or any of the actual CRT panels.” CRT is not a problem at TVSD.For the record, I resent the time, money, and resources being spent on this non-problem. We should focus on our students and TVSD’s educational programs .
Another speaker argued that the school board’s resolution could violate state law.
“States have standards and frameworks for content. California created our curriculum. Teachers have to teach it,” she said. “So we need to make sure this CRT resolution you passed doesn’t get in the way of teachers doing their job. We have to teach about racism in society.”
Fox News Digital reported that the school district did not respond to a request for comment.
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