In the Francis Howell School District about 35 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri, teachers met in September 2020 to determine the curriculum the students would follow for the coming year. Advising them was equity consultant LaGarrett J. King, an associate professor of social studies education at the University of Missouri.
In addition to discussing the curriculum, King tried to impress on the teachers the importance of teaching history the “right way.”
“This is not a safe space,” but rather a ‘racialized space,’” King said. “In many ways, a safe space is a space where white people tell us how not racist they are. And this is not that space.”
A video of the curriculum planning session surfaced on Rumble and was submitted by “wokeatfhsd,” who offered this description of the video.
Watch supporters of the proposed Black History course in the Francis Howell School District (in St Charles County, MO) present their sanitized sales pitches in public. Then go behind the scenes to see how Dr. King, their consultant (paid $15K by the district), sets them up to write a Critical Theory based history curriculum and hide it from parents. Finally, there are several minutes of questions asked by teachers and counselors in the district (answered by Dr. King) as they attempt to plan how to bypass parent concerns and hide the content of the curriculum in a push for social justice. This video is clipped from the full presentation for the sake of time, but the intent and meaning of speakers’ comments has not been changed.
These radicals have no fear and this is why parents need to go to the teachers homes and protest and harass them and make them live in fear
This crap is why I have no respect nor trust for teachers any longer.
11:23 – I can see your point, but not all teachers are involved this. Frankly, as a teacher I stay as far away from anything related to politics in my classroom. I would say that the majority of the staff (SDMS) do so as well and the more radical elements have been spoken to privately by administration/Human Resources. Those that couldn’t keep their social media clean and espoused the vitriol that has become the leftist rhetoric have been quietly removed, as they should. Being a teacher is an awesome responsibility, and there are a good many of us that take that very seriously.
CRT could easily be taught in Wicomico County Schools under the “small group” policy. Parents, monitor what your child is bringing home. Attend school board meetings. Inquire about this small group policy and who is supervising it. Ask questions about the Social Justice Unit,. Ask to visit your child”s classroom when it is being taught.t