At the October 28th Gilbert school board meeting,
the ultra-conservative majority voter 3-2 to censor the district’s current
biology textbook.
Apparently
it didn’t matter that:
- The textbook has been used in the district since 2006 without incident
- The textbook is used by many other schools in the state including Benjamin Franklin charter
- The district superintendent informed the board that the textbook complied with Arizona law
- Chris Kotterman Deputy Director Arizona Department of Education informed the board that the textbook satisfied ARS 15-716
- The board’s own attorney informed the board that the textbook complied with Arizona law
At the most recent candidate forum, each of the candidates were
asked if they would support censorship of any books currently in use in the
district. All of the candidates
including Ron Bellus and Dawn Brimhall indicated that they WOULD NOT. And yet, these candidates were celebrating
the censorship decision after the board meeting.
A vote for Bellus and Brimhall is a vote for more of the
same: ideology over education. Please do
your research and vote for candidates that support public education not tear it
down.
