Voters in Mansfield Independent School District (ISD) overhauled the school board in the May 3 election, with challengers unseating incumbents—including the board president and secretary—in all three contested races.
Texas is among the states that have seen a recent rise in book bans, with the Lone Star State issuing 625 bans during the 2022-23 academic year. The vote also followed a charged election season, fueled by heightened outside political involvement and growing debate over the influence of partisanship in local school governance.
I looked at some of the list of banned books and a decent amount of it was books about sexuality. Not necessarily about LGBTQ+ but just in general. They really don’t want young people to understand that stuff. I shudder to think it’s because they stand to benefit from young people not understanding those things somehow…
(https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/list-of-texas-banned-books-shows-state-has-most-in-us-17480532)
Uplifting News
And the turnout was still under 8%. This is how the conservatives are able to take control of the public political bodies; because no one is paying attention.
A flicker of hope 🕯️
Keep going TEXAS
Love to hear it, boot the dolts, keep the books.
