john ford and ashlyn maher, welcome to democracy now!ashlyn maher, when did you get a sense that things were changing? >> i have been paying attention to the school board for the past year, and i have an increasingly more concerned about what has been going on. when i heard about the first teachers sick out, i realized more students who are interested in being involved in standing up for their education, so i took the incentive and just started educating people. i wanted to let them know what was going on. i started presenting unbiased information, posting on facebook , and talking to people in the hallway. before we know it, we have a huge following. >> john ford, explain what is going on. >> over the last 10 months, we had a school board majority that was elected into office. they were a conservative group that started to push a conservative agenda. last week, two weeks ago when this proposal came out to create a community -- committee to censor certain parts of our curriculum, i think that is what hit the nerve. and not only hit a ner