Caryn Boddie
We’ve heard that all politics is local and
school board politics can be the worst. I can attest to both after a recent
school board election; the politics in my county -- a drama that came to a
climax in November 2015 – are emblematic of what’s going on nationally while
showing just how bad school board politics can be. Even so, I believe that
truth still matters and truth will win out. In 2013, three new school board members, Ken Witt, John Newkirk, and
Julie Williams, who were conservative or reform candidates, were elected to the
Board of Education for Jeffco Public Schools. They ran on making changes to how
the schools were being run and the voters elected them with a wide margin…… Progressives did not congratulate their opposition on the
win; instead it seems they were determined not to accept the election results
because they began a campaign to drive the new school board members from
office, not at the next election but through a smear campaign and then a recall…….
Everything the board members
said or put forward as solutions to the real problems in the school district
was mocked and they were publicly discredited. Rumors and lies spread through
the community about them.…… A majority of
voters believed the lies, which were even published on the ballots….To Read More...
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