Readers might recall that a young student in the Davidson County school system was disciplined for using the term “illegal alien” in class.
The student affected has been vindicated in court. The school system was forced to apologize to the student and pay $20,000 to his family.
I have previously pointed out that this happened in a heavily Republican county. Somehow, the school administration felt emboldened to enforce political correctness at the expense of this young man even though its school board is at least theoretically elected by Republican voters.
How could this happen?
I suppose we could perhaps cite a few factors– voter apathy, a lack of good candidates, and the tendency of the education establishment to rally support behind its own school board candidates.
I wonder whether the timing of these elections might be a factor. Voters are more likely to vote if there are other high-profile races on the ballot.
This instance ought to be a red flag for the North Carolina General Assembly. It is not unusual for local elections to be skewed heavily leftward in an unnatural manner. Perhaps the General Assembly ought to be looking at what changes can increase voter participation in local elections; and assure the best candidates have an opportunity to win.
The fact that the Davidson County school system felt emboldened to target this young student is an indication it did not fear its school board or the voters that elected it. It is a clarion signal that there is no accountability.
Sometimes, the state needs to step in and fix things.
Somebody needs a whack on the shin bone.
$20.00 came as a shock until I opened and read the link. The settlement was $20, 000.00.
Yes, the legislature should get things in order re election schedules/
Sorry, Fred– I just added another zero.
I think this requires some brainstorming and creative thinking in Raleigh as to what can be done to increase the quality of our local representation– on school boards, county commissioners’ boards, city councils, etc. We need to do a whole lot better with these choices than we have in the past.
I’ve asked several Davidson Co. residents (all college grads and successful people) about this case. All were totally unaware of it.
I think, J. Sobran, that is a function of this story not being reported in the legacy media. I learned about it through conservative media. If folks are not actively seeking out information and/or are solely relying on the MSM, they will not be aware of stories such as these.