I had the same thoughts, Michael.

Yes, very much so speaking of "parental rights" and learning comes from home, but also very much quick to blame everyone else. In my experience, the kids who have been the most repressed and not given the opportunities to learn about the world have been the ones to act out later.

It gives more of a sense of merely picking the topic of the hour to be angry about and going all in.

Can there be more improvements made to academics? Sure. But to the detriment of the "whole child"? No thanks. These are the same people who will post things about not worrying if your child is the smartest or most athletic, but wanting them to be the kind one. It doesn't make sense.

The push to "get back to focusing on a proper education" and basically teaching to the tests does our children such a disservice. We are trying to raise whole people with feelings, emotions, etc., not merely robots who can memorize math and science.

They tried to push "the values of our community" in an almost us vs them (the school district) way and yet they do NOT speak for the entirety of the town by any means.