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Thu Aug 10, 2023, 11:31 PM Aug 2023

Conroe ISD trustee argues displays of racial inclusivity and pride in classrooms should be removed

Conroe is in Montgomery County which has or used to have two active KKK chapters. My middle child tried a case in Montgomery County and was in line at the security checkpoint with guys with KKK, Nazi and/or sovereign citizen tattoos. There was a Gadsen (Come and Take It) flag in the courtroom,

The reaction set forth below does not surprise me



https://abc13.com/conroe-isd-trustee-melissa-dungan-racial-inclusivity-at-schools-pride-flags/13628737/

Some Conroe ISD trustees want to crack down on displays of racial inclusivity and pride, saying they represent, "symbols of personal ideologies."

One trustee says a child was traumatized by a poster showing different colored children holding hands and had to switch classrooms.

School officials against this say a policy prohibiting political displays, not related to curriculum, already exists. The trustee who brought this forward didn't realize that.

When it was brought to her attention, the trustee said she wants that policy to go further. Citing "a number of parents reaching out to her about supposed displays of personal ideologies in classrooms," Melissa Dungan asked her fellow board members to crackdown on them.....

When pressed to share one of those examples, Dungan referred to a first grade student whose parent claimed they were so upset by a poster showing hands of people of different races, that they transferred classrooms.

"Just so I understand, you are seriously suggesting that you find objectionable, a poster indicating that all are included," Stacey Chase, another trustee, said.
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Conroe ISD trustee argues displays of racial inclusivity and pride in classrooms should be removed (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 OP
That is absolutely disgusting. sinkingfeeling Aug 2023 #1
Racial hatred is alive and well here in the blood-red state of Texas. joshdawg Aug 2023 #2
Conroe: 30 miles and 1000 years from Houston. (nt) Paladin Aug 2023 #3
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