Posted on 11/02/2021 10:00:41 PM PDT by 11th_VA
A slate of conservative challengers fell just shy of securing a majority on the Wichita school board on Tuesday
Three of the four challengers edged out incumbents after a partisan race that focused on mask mandates, critical race theory and other national issues.
In District 1, Diane Albert finished ahead of incumbent Ben Blankley with 56% of the vote, according to unofficial results.
In District 5, challenger Kathy Bond edged Mia Turner with 53% of the vote.
Hazel Stabler won the District 6 seat with 44% of the vote, topping incumbent Ron Rosales’ 30% and Holly Terrill’s 25%.
Incumbent Julie Hedrick, a retired architect and former director of facilities for Wichita schools, was the only incumbent to win re-election. She defeated challenger Brent Davis 50% to 45% to keep the District 2 seat.
Albert, a homemaker, said the election results reflected voters’ frustration with the current school board.
“The people of Wichita have spoken out, and they want common-sense values brought back to our school board,” she said.
“People want their kids to be educated. . .They don’t want to be indoctrinated. They don’t want to be told what to think.”
If Tuesday’s results are certified, the winning challengers – all precinct committeewomen for the Sedgwick County Republican Party – will take office Jan. 10.
Bond, a substitute teacher, opposes mask mandates and repeatedly denounced critical race theory during her campaign, even though it is not taught in Wichita schools.
At a GOP watch party in Old Town on Tuesday night, she said school board members should engage more with parents.
“There is such a frustration nationally that has come down to the local level, that they want to get involved,” Bond said. “Parents are afraid that they will not be able to get involved in their child’s education ..
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Ping.
I think we'll be reading a lot of these kind of results tomorrow morning.
“Bond, a substitute teacher, opposes mask mandates and repeatedly denounced critical race theory during her campaign, even though it is not taught in Wichita schools.”
LOL. Considering that at least 90% of teachers and administrators are Leftists, if there aren’t cameras and microphones in classrooms, you can BET that CRT is being taught in those schools.
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Bttt
They already aren’t.
They are just waking up to that fact.
Nice... We might save America in 2022. I’m also going to see how many moderate Dems will stay way from the Biden toxic BS... Dick Morris said a few Dems in swing districts might vote against Biden’s policies.
Great night...
Voters are waking up!!!!!
And it'll be getting greater today, I think. The squishes on the Demagogic Party side of the aisles are going to announce retirements over the coming few months, IMHO/wildguess.
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