Posted on Nov 11, 2023
This school board made news for banning books. Voters flipped it to majority Democrat
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Meghan Budden's family was considering moving if their Pennsylvania school district didn't change course. She normally isn't politically active, she said, but felt compelled to volunteer when a slate of Democrats launched bids to take back their school board in Central Bucks School District, just north of Philadelphia.
Central Bucks is well known both statewide and nationally for heated board meetings over masks and Pride flags, policies banning certain books and directives to not use students' preferred names and pronouns. Accusations of discrimination against LGBTQ students have also led to an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.
Meghan Budden's family was considering moving if their Pennsylvania school district didn't change course. She normally isn't politically active, she said, but felt compelled to volunteer when a slate of Democrats launched bids to take back their school board in Central Bucks School District, just north of Philadelphia.
Central Bucks is well known both statewide and nationally for heated board meetings over masks and Pride flags, policies banning certain books and directives to not use students' preferred names and pronouns. Accusations of discrimination against LGBTQ students have also led to an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.
This school board made news for banning books. Voters flipped it to majority Democrat
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..."Two Independent parents were tired of the chaos
District parent Elizabeth Derham identifies as an independent and has been disappointed with board leadership over the last two years. Derham's husband, Jeff, is also an independent and would sometimes split his ticket. But this year was the first time he voted blue down the line, along with Elizabeth.
"No one I talk to is for any of this stuff or cares much about some of the things that they're putting so much effort into," Elizabeth said of the board's conservative members.
The Derhams said their votes felt like a small-scale attempt to save their local democracy — and their public school district.
"We just want the government to function... we're just tired of it," Elizabeth said. "I just want people to listen to us."
Now that the election is over, she hopes Central Bucks school board meetings become boring again."
..."Two Independent parents were tired of the chaos
District parent Elizabeth Derham identifies as an independent and has been disappointed with board leadership over the last two years. Derham's husband, Jeff, is also an independent and would sometimes split his ticket. But this year was the first time he voted blue down the line, along with Elizabeth.
"No one I talk to is for any of this stuff or cares much about some of the things that they're putting so much effort into," Elizabeth said of the board's conservative members.
The Derhams said their votes felt like a small-scale attempt to save their local democracy — and their public school district.
"We just want the government to function... we're just tired of it," Elizabeth said. "I just want people to listen to us."
Now that the election is over, she hopes Central Bucks school board meetings become boring again."
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