Student Lilly Freeman from Central Bucks East speaks out in 2022 against a Central Bucks school board decision to ban books with "sexualized content." The board's Republican-led majority has taken a series of misguided steps that have cast the district in a harsh light and cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, writes the Editorial Board.Suburban school board elections used to be sleepy, nonpartisan affairs.
The tensions have been brewing for some time, thanks to the spread of misinformation fueled by Republican culture wars. Speaking as a parent months before getting elected to the board in November 2021, Debra Cannonthat classes in human growth and development were “grooming” children for sexual abuse and exploitation. She added, “Demonic adults are recruiting, brainwashing, and participating in unconscionable behaviors with our children, and every one of you know it.
Enough is enough. It’s past time for the Central Bucks school board to be led by those who understand that the education of all students is not a political tool.