Letter to the Editor: Community College Board Member Responds to "Winning School Boards Is Not Enough"

 

Response to "Winning School Boards is Not Enough"

I have edited this letter to protect the identity of the writer.

Arthur,

 

I just read your TownHall article "Winning School Boards Is Not Enough" with great interest.

 

That's because I'm a conservative who was elected to the _____ County Community College Board last November ...

 

I certainly identified with many of the issues you raised in your article.

 

Despite President Trump's executive orders on DEI and Keeping Men out of Women's Sports, the LGBT/DEI/CRT agenda remains intertwined in EVERYTHING California's Community Colleges do.

 

Here in ______ County, our Chancellor has publicly stated that "Executive orders are not law" while refusing to follow them, even when informed that every one of our Federal grants required us to certify that we would follow all Federal laws and executive orders.

 

As a Trustee, it's frustrating.

 

The problem we have, of course, is one of the issues you raised. While our board consists of two conservatives, two progressives and a very progressive-leaning independent. So, nine months since joining the board, it has been difficult to make many changes, usually because we don't have the votes.

 

There is some good news, however. One of the progressives recently joined with myself and our other conservative to have our administration re-think our "multi-user, all-gender" restrooms which have raised issues of privacy, saftey and comfort. While I think that the result will mean the existing "multi-user, all-gender" restrooms will remain and re-configured, when you can't count to three, that's a win.

 

That came just a few months after the board majority approved a course on "Women in Sports" which will include males who identify as female.

 

It's super-frustrating.

Anyway, thanks for fighting. I'd love to discuss these issues with you further.

 

 

Thanks,

J--- P-----