The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools system has multiple districts with seats up for grabs and there are a number of extremist Republican candidates.
“If you want to celebrate divisive things like gay pride or whatever, then do it, but do it on private property,” said Macon County Commissioner Paul Higdon.
According to the News & Observer, “This fall’s election could decide whether Wake continues to have a left-leaning school board majority or shifts to a more conservative direction.”
HB 755 would erase LGBTQ+ voices from curriculum, put a target on educators and and require mandatory reporting to parents if a student begins to question their sexual identity in school.
Hundreds of North Carolinians joined in a nationwide rally to demand gun reforms in the “March For Our Lives” events held in Asheville, Raleigh and Charlotte earlier this month.
In the area of the state between the Triangle and the Triad, the Alamance-Burlington School System is another district with a couple of candidates with disturbing, extreme views running for places on the school board.
In order to foster community conversation about banned books, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem has started a program called Banned Book Summer.
Passed two weeks ago, Senate Bill 256 would take power from the governor to appoint seats on a community college board in Rockingham County, and give it to the House and Senate’s top elected officials.
Since 2020, a group of students have been pushing for the removal of police officers from school campuses and advocating for more funding for school counselors.
Between Aug. 1, 2021, and May 31, 431 planned school attacks were reported on the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System.