yeah. >> like sheridan and other school board members, ziegler became a lightning rod for hate when vitriollaw that expanded the rights of transgender students, including the right to use school bathrooms of the gender they identify with. >> two alleged sexual assaults at two different high schools. >> and two sexual assault incidents involving a male student, who was sentenced by a judge to a residential treatment center. >> don't be calling little girls boys, you sick [ bleep ]. you are so [ bleep ]. you have no idea, bitch. you are about to get a real education mother [ bleep ]. let the pansy ass scott ziegler protect himself. try all these commies for treason. >> did you expect any of this? >> i expected some controversy, and of course every student goes through that. i didn't expect the hatred. i didn't expect the threats. >> how does that impact you walking to your car or going to the grocery store? >> it makes a big impact. i am a concealed weapons permit holder, but certainly now i'm more conscious of when i'm carrying and when i'm not carrying. >> these are clowns. vote them out. >

that is my main issue. >> when it comes to hot topics before the school board, like discussing lgbtq+es in school and covid vaccines, she did not give clear answers on where she stands. do you believe in vaccinations? >> i'm not going to answer that question because that is -- i think that is private medical information. >> do you believe kids should get the covid vaccine? >> it is up to their parents. >> she believes this is strategic. >> in their campaign materials they are being sweetness and light about building the committee. it's hard to know what their full agenda is. >> i'm not try to cover anything up. i'm certainly not trying to obfuscate anything. >> jensen says fiscal concerns and learning loss is what is motivating her to run, not social issues. but those are the issues that are firing up school boards across the country, particularly issues around lgbtq plus students. school boards and states have been enacting legislation to restrict students from talking about these issues, removing protections for transgender students, even closing student newspapers for publishing pr

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local school board races.ead to the polls, some have been surprised to learn those national culture wars are even playing out here and some of the most liberal parts of california. >> nobody like this has ever run for school board before. >> dr. moser michelson is a professor of political science. she says there is a candidate on the ballot against teaching critical race theory. >> anti-crt in her candidate statement. liz: that candidate is running in the palo alto unified school district. she is one of 16 candidates backed by the silicon valley association of republican women. >> the yard sign, i took it out of my yard? liz: the group's president said she started an effort last year to recruit candidates to run for school boards this november. >> it started with my manicures. she is vietnamese. i talked to her about her kids and she said, they do not have the same values that the parents have. well, why is that? because they have been in public school and they have been taught that socialism is good and ameri

show you how it is unfolding in the north bay where candidates are making a similar fight for school boardsy, some critics say those candidates are not being upfront about their agenda. see both stories on our website abc7news.com. san francisco schools will need to spend 1.4 billion dollars in maintenance repairs. equipment, electrical, and plumbing problems are just a handful of issues the district has to fix over the next five years. modernization and upgrades already functioning facilities are not included. the district has not -- has assessed more than 100 sites. schools are safe to attend, but may be uncomfortable. today is your chance to get rid of unused or expired medications, particularly opioids. today is prescription drug take back day. last year more than 50,000 pounds of medications were collected across the country. find locations at takebackday .dea.gov. and if the east bay perspective candidates can get a glimpse of their future at the firefighter career expo with hands-on demonstrations and workshops about equipment from 10:00 until 1:00 at the fire department candidate te

plus school board parents schooling the school boards.hey're winning against agendas they say hurt children. and the new backlash against a university firing a professor. why? because his students complained his course was just too hard. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. liz: welcome to the show. we've got a jam-packed hour ahead for you. look at your money. stocks again surge on a broad tech rally. it was treasury yields falling, potentially easing inflation and also easing fears of fed rate hikes. and the president does head to florida tomorrow, at least 104 dead from hurricane ian. we're staying on that story. u.s. south korea, japan, they held joint military drills hours after north korea fired a ballistic missile over japan. this is a major escalation. also this breaking news, under president biden, u.s. gross national debt exceeded $31 trillion for the first time ever. policymakers warn this is an unsustainable borrowing bing. connell mcshane has more. he has the latest. connell. reporter: the bad news

local school board races.bay area voters head to the polls, some have been surprised to learn those national culture wars are even playing out here and some of the most liberal parts of california. >> nobody like this has ever run for school board before. >> dr. moser michelson is a professor of political science. she says there is a candidate on the ballot against teaching critical race theory. >> anti-crt in her candidate statement. liz: that candidate is running in the palo alto unified school district. she is one of 16 candidates backed by the silicon valley association of republican women. >> the yard sign, i took it out of my yard? liz: the group's president said she started an effort last year to recruit candidates to run for school boards this november. >> it started with my manicures. she is vietnamese. i talked to her about her kids and she said, they do not have the same values that the parents have. well, why is that? because they have been in public school and they have been taught that socialism

school board races.have been surprised to learn that some of those culture boards -- culture wars are playing out here, in california. >> she says there's a candidate on her ballot to is against teaching critical race theory or crt. next anti-critical race theory's -- theory in her statement, it's like, well. >> she'ss 16 t>> she says she started an effort last year to on for school boards this november. my, she's vietnamese, i talked to her about her kids. she says they don't have the same values that the parents have. why is that? because, they have been in public school, they have been taught that socialism is good and america is bad. >> so we were provided this video of this first recruitment meeting that she held in a friend's backyard. she said that 50 people showed up. [no audio] >> she now has candidates now running in 10 different races across the south bay, including in morgan hill. >> she's running in cambridge. >> many of them are parents, for many of them is their first time running for offi

oh school boards are important.t just one challenger abby piecus who was a teacher neither have been endorsed by a political party. we know some of the comments made there may be upsetting to some people but big picture are people on both sides of this issue. say the number one thing voters need to do this year is really pay attention to all of the races on their ballot and do their research about who is running and where they stand all right coming up tessorex moving on tesla recalls a kid's atv because it doesn't meet federal safety standards. we're talking about the tesla cyber squads for kids. the toy is designed for writers eight and older it can go as fast as 10 miles an hour because the toy meets the legal definition of atv it must adhere to certain safety standards at the moment. it doesn't including having mechanical suspension and maximum tire pressure about 5,000 were sold and you can get your money back if you have one. coming up on this week martha raditz anchors a special edition of this week live from

i also found a school board playing politics inside of addressing issues. this got me angry and worked with parents cross san francisco to successful low recall 3 school board members. after mayor breed a pointed mow to the school board in march i worked with clothes to accomplish a few person tasks. first we hired a students focused superintendent. we passed a balanced budget and rescinded all layoff notices. then restored criteria admission policies to lower high school and dropped the wish wash lawsuit pel that would have cost half million dollars. and we restored jrotc to high schools. there is more work to do and that is why i'm running for election in november. i will prioritize students achievement and academic excellence for all students. safe schools physically and e megzal for all students. and develop and operational excellence for our district. time to reform sfusd and stop the politics. time to focus educating students i'm counting on your preponder in november. >> hello i'm gabriela lopez running for the board of education. my background is ro

she's a candidate running for school board and then novato unified school district.n are running for school board jensen is a mom of two recent novato graduates and a local business owner. we met up with her in the final weeks of her campaign while she was walking her district door knocking and then we're gonna walk up that way. i have walked my entire district once at least once and now i'm on my second go-round again, and the number one thing that people are concerned about is the financial well-being of the district and that's where we need to keep our focus on our campaign flyer. jensen talks about the abcs which she describes as accountability back to basics and children first what's not obvious from reading it is that jensen is one of the most vocal conservative activists in marin county. she actively campaigned a recall governor gavin newsome has organized protests against the covid mandates. it's segregationists. it's discriminatory and threatened to boycott businesses in novato that required showing proof of vaccination. i am on record as being against coat

i want to make sure my school board the fairfax county public schools school board and superintendentreed understands there is the loss of learning and education and the harm they have caused over the last two years needs to be fixed. they are the ones who need to fix it. >> ainsley: ron, you are running for county supervisor, why? >> that's right, 2023 and they ran for school board in 2019. and issues day-to-day how it all ends up and our kids need to be educated well in school and to be safe. those two have been well defined in the last couple of years between covid and whatnot and our techs always need to be spent accordingly. we need to h competent superintendents and board supervisors on each position to have this so that's why i am running for supervisor in 2023. >> ainsley: then you will be in charge of the money which will be allocated to the school board. >> that's correct. >> ainsley: amy why was it important for you to come and stand up for your kids? >> no matter how this goes, we don't know how elections are going to go. we hope and we look at the tea leaves and hope thin

. >> oakland, more community members are speaking out after the oakland school board decided to convert parker elementary school into an adult school. well, the announcement ultimately ended an occupation that began in may and turned violent. and one point the occupation was a protest against the oakland unified school district consolidation plan and which the school board voted to close and merge some of its schools. it affected 11 predominantly black and latino schools. while some feel a victory has been achieved, other community members feel left out of the school board's decision to transform the space. >> right. i was never asked. my neighbors asked what was going to be what that space is going was going to have. and and we need to have some real deep trust-building. the school district has made it very clear that it wants to do things top down and we as districts resident and has voters want to have a say as to what happens in our public spaces. >> well, the oakland unified school district officials sent kron 4 statement that reads, we value the voices of our students, families an

she's a candidate running for school board and then novato unified school district.sen is a mom of two recent novato graduates and a local business owner. we met up with her in the final weeks of her campaign while she was walking her district door knocking and then we're gonna walk up that way. i have walked my entire district once at least once and now i'm on my second go-round again, and the number one thing that people are concerned about is the financial well-being of the district and that's where we need to keep our focus on our campaign flyer. jensen talks about the abcs which she describes as accountability back to basics and children first what's not obvious from reading it is that jensen is one of the most vocal conservative activists in marin county. she actively campaigned a recall governor gavin newsom has organized protests against the covid mandates. it's segregationist. it's discriminatory and threatened to boycott businesses in novato that required showing proof of vaccination. i'm on record as being against coat the covid vaccine. okay. i don't beli

she joins me along with julie, who is a houston parent and a school board candidate.e drag show in plano that concerned you to start the group or was it building for some time? >> it was building for a long time and i said, i can't believe this is happening in texas of all places and especially the video you just saw it was not just happening in texas. this was taken where i grew up in suburbia, right? this is in -- an affluent neighborhood you would consider to be very conservative leaning. i think the left are taking their debauchery to conserve the places because they know if they can get it through in these conservative places that they can get it through anywhere in the country. >> laura: and julie at the response from the left to parents like you and others who say no, we are not doing this, again, running for school board like you are, you are a hater, you are intolerant. you are not letting people be who they are, et cetera. your response? >> our children belong to expect our children do not belong to the government. [cheers and applause] and so we have seen t

>> i just got off a school board meeting on tuesday. -- we made an appeal that everyone on our 19 member board need to learn for themselves what critical race theory is about. i have been receiving letters from parents all over the state of ohio. they are concerned about what their children are being taught. some of their local boards are engaging. some are not. so, the question becomes, parents hold us accountable. hold your local school board accountable. we are a local control state. a lot of education determination happens in the local district. but we are the resource and the setup -- so, for example, 16 19 project showed up on our website. the perception is that we support this. we were clueless about it. we don't even know how i got on the website. so, that began to make us as policy makers go to the school board to find out why. the reason i care is because ideals have consequences. inconsistent ideals meet and consistent people and the parent is the first foundational support for education. and parents, i have 44 districts in my territory, the size -- i find out a lot of them ar

when we went to the school boards and begged them, "please reopen our schools."we don't care." >> ainsley: round you talked about fairfax county and loudoun county. what do the school boards look like? loudoun, have they improved and are they listening to the parents now? >> thanks for that question. and no, i myself ran for school board 2019. and i ran for school board because like amy said to come at the a.c.t. scores and other issues that we have with fairfax county, loudoun county and other areas. it is not happening. it has been a problem for over a bit of time. 2019, i talked to the parents on issues around -- having said that, the school boards have to be changed completely. they have to be governed well. we have glenn youngkin but it has to change at the local level. and we need good governance, good leaders and without that, it is hard and tough for our kids with the education. >> ainsley: tracy you have gotten involved in this issue but why? >> because i saw my kids crying. >> ainsley: really? >> i saw them in a ball on the ground because i have no oth

and these school boards in general?s this -- we're seeing the video footage prove that no matter how angry and upset the parents are, they just sit back like this, and they say, next, and they gavel the meeting over. >> i've been speaking at charlotte school board meetings since april of 2021. basically only two of the nine current school board members have ever really engaged with me. occasionally i get an e-mail from another one that there's virtually no response from seven out of the nine school board members, ever, about anything. >> jesse: is there any movement in the right direction here? do they change any sort of policies? do they acknowledge that what's going on is inappropriate and against what the rest of the school and parent body agree with? >> no. there's been no change in policy. when we brought the book that kristy read the xerpts from they removed it from the classroom and said it was not approved curriculum but as soon as that happened, we found out that it was actually on a recommended reading list at

it was at the request of this letter from the national school board's association, which compared protesting to domestic terrorism. viola garcia that wrote that letter now serves on the department of education's national assessment governor board. while that -- while the association of school boards retracted that letter, the doj has not apologized to parents. here to react is parents defending education founder nicole neily. it's important we remember these things and don't forget them a year later. are they still pursuing this? what's the status right now of school boards and parents? >> absolutely. house judiciary member jim jordan revealed a number of whistle blowers has come forward saying the fbi has shown up at their door. through an fbi whistle blower that the fbi create add threat to edu officials to track down these people and a lot of people suspected this was intend to chill the politicalization of parks and shame on the government and not restricting that letter. pete: has it had the intended affect and chilling effect on parents and now it's amid covid and we're past that and p

they say they want to, quote, the school board. any minute now, the new superintendent will present -- >>> investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly house fire in san jose. it started around 3:30 a.m. . firefighters found the first floor all engulfed in flames with a woman trapped on the second floor. she unfortunately did not make it out. a firefighter filter the balcony as he tried to reach the victim. he is expected to be okay. >>> the aclu of northern california is suing a city. at issue is a new policy banning people who live in their cars from parking in the city during the day . it also allows for the city to impound their cars if caught . the aclu claims the city isn't doing enough to provide low-income housing for its residents. >>> a lawyer for the city fired back saying the street where rvs were parking was unsafe. they opened rise and shine village as a safer alternative, and there are currently 20 rvs parked there with security fencing and bathrooms. >>> still ahead at 5:00, the stockton serial kille

it makes you activists and we won't have those sitting on the school board. >> tucker: britney mirror arrested apparently because she's joining us tonight and were glad she is. thanks so much for coming on. [laughs] this is the school that is supposed to be educating your kids in there sexualizing your kids. had you find out about this? >> so the union school district took it upon themselves to send out the invitation to all families in our town. they have an approval process that they violated. it says in their rules of conduct that they can't send out anything that's lewd, political, controversial. and they decided to send out abu bash invitation that is sponsored by a gender reassignment clinic out in san francisco and a 21 plus nightclub in san diego. so do state. we asked the board again and again to reconsider and to issue an apology and an explanation which they didn't. that's why we decided to show up. i want to make it clear that this is not an isolated incident. this is coming to every school across the nation. and if you think it's just gonna stay in california, you're dead

>> i can't discount the state school board meeting on unconscionable appeal everyone on the 19 member board when of the largest in the nation for critical race theory. i have been receiving letters from parents all over the state of ohio there is concerned with their children are being taught some of the local boards are engaging in some are not so parents hold us accountable. and then to set up that curriculum on the website so for example on the website the perception is that we supported we were clueless. so that began as policymakers as the school board to find out why. but it's because there is consequences and the foundational support for education. i find a lot of them are clueless until it is too late. >> and with a 1618 project of critical race theory et cetera so what is needed so what more do we need? >> orgy push back against the instructive narratives that we really do need to be offering the ways and often times those that are advancing the narratives that are causing trouble and division often like to portray the debate as we are here to give you an honest view of histo

this anger and frustration from the families just continues with the school board and the school administration that is just not on the same page with the families, and then, brianna, for the first time we got to see this racial divide that exists within this community between the supporters of the superintendent and the families of the victims. >> are you commenting to the superintendent? >> reporter: four months on parents called for removal of their school's superintendent. on monday gave in, superintendent of the uvalde consolidated independent school district announced his retirement via social media. published on his wife's facebook account say, my decision to retire has not been made lightly and mate after much prayer and discernment. at a uvalde school board meeting after the announcement emotions running high inside and outside the venue. >> he didn't get to the meeting on time. >> reporter: supporters gathered outside of the meeting and greeted him with hugs. despite continuing questions about the police and school response to the uvalde massacre. >> from cnn -- >> reporter: as well a

i would like to make one more last pitch for my school board race go to keira school board.com and helpupport me parents like me all over california running to change your system and i think we're going to see a real see change this midterm. >> tissue all for joining tonight. lawrence: stacey abrams wants to be governor of georgia again. according to oprah it is too frightening to consider any othe if you have diabetes, then getting on the dexcom g6 is the single most important thing you can do. it eliminates painful fingersticks, helps lower a1c, and it's covered by medicare. before dexcom g6, i was frustrated. all of that finger-pricking and all of that pain, my a1c was still stuck. my diabetes was out of control. i was tired. (female announcer) dexcom g6 sends your glucose numbers to your phone or receiver without painful fingersticks. the arrow shows the direction your glucose is heading: up, down, or steady, so you can make better decisions about food and activity in the moment. after using dexcom g6, my a1c has never been lower. i lead line dancing three times a week, i exercise,

vote no on m and o. >> a city in michigan ending a school board meeting after parents booed a member board. [gavel pounded] >> that is not necessary. we understand that people have differing opinions. we will conduct ourselves as adults. we will not boo. we will not jeer. you can clap if you'd like. >> well, the parents were there to express concerns regarding books they thought were too sexually explicit being placed in the district's library. a father of eight was at the meeting and joins us now. good morning. you have eight children. you have five in the school district. you were at that meeting. what did the school board meeting say to warrant the boos? >> well, you know, the school board member was trying to control, i give him credit for trying to do that, but basically they were trying to regulate every time a person would cheer, say something, or clap. so i think that -- you know, i agree with that particular part, but you could see that they were trying to censor every single word. >> ainsley: yeah. they can't tell you what to say, what comes out of your mouth. that's free s

meetings, school board meeting ands and have seen how parents are very concerned about the learning loss and all of these issues with the children. i see that there is a lack of communication, a lack of compromise, and i decided that because my children are suffering through the learning loss that it is time for me to get out of my comfort zone and to step up and to step up for not only my children but all of the children in the new port mesa unified school district. >> kira, you see the story across the country and it's a real movement this parent pal movement, isn't it in >> absolutely. when i'm out talking to voters, a lot are parents that are frustrated and they want to be able to do something. they want to be engaged and i was talking to one mother on the campaign trail today and she was telling me, you know, my elementary school principal has been trying to keep parents out of volunteer events for the last two years i feel like they're trying to separate me from any child and when i complain they tell me i'm the crazy one and saying it's a safety or security

personally haven't recommended a book be removed from the library, but if i was still sitting on school board, which i did here in florida from 2016 to 2020. i'm a mom of four children who attend public school ages 17 through 10 if i had been aware of the books that were in these libraries and i wasn't but i would have then actually asked for many of these books to be removed because i do not believe that they are appropriate for the age groups in which they're being presented and it's this more of an age group thing for you than it is a political ideology. yeah, i don't really think politics belong in this conversation at all. what we're seeing is some very sexually explicit graphic material that has made its way into our classrooms and our campuses and our school libraries, and i think parents would like to know a couple things including how did those books get there and what processes and procedures are there to stop that from happening again there. be accountability here for what children are being taught and exposed to in school and does that begin with electing the school board? yeah, i

parents last year. >> they have been tracking parents who show up at school board meetings to letization of department of justice, this is a serious concern, this is part of the reason that people are losing their faith in our system of justice, they don't think it is fair, they have used counterterrorism measures and criminal resources to go after concerned parents. we have been asking for documents and details for over a year more than a hundred letters, attorney general has not turned any of. we have put him on notice, preserve those records. elizabeth: you september over --00 letters in past year, but you get back what? we're seeing two and a half pages. >> right. a half a page response. twice. to over 100 letters, merely requesting documents. we have jurisdiction over the department of justice, to make sure they are doing gjob, they are not, he has not been responsive, there is a reckons coming we have put them ton not notice to preserve the documents and reserve his pprivate communications, attorney general himself, we'll see what this uncovers, i think transparency and acco

member, tina discovit and tiffany justice school board member from a neighboring county monster. liberty has grown in just 18 months to 37 states over 200 chapters and 95000 members. do think public schools are indoctrinating kids to be on america? i do. i do think that there is something happening right now in america where there's not a lot of value being placed on how unique our country is. and we don't want our children to be taught that somehow america is tarnished in a way that is it is in rate that there are no redeeming qualities left maybe can add to that. i think it starts with that america systemically flawed that we are systemically racist. your organization lobbied for the stop woke act. what does woke mean to you? nonsense. has a perfect terminology, nonsense. teaching 5 year olds that their gender is fluid. that's nonsense. you're conflating like the, the gender issues and the history issue. many parents that the, the stop woke act is preventing kids from learning about the true history of the country as an attempt to whitewash is from. yeah, that is untrue. there

a school board trying to silence critics who booed officials before shutting down the meeting, the boardembers had this advice for anybody who disagreed with them. watch this. >> that is not necessary. we understand that people have differing opinions. we will conduct ourselves as adults. we will not boo, we will not jeer. you can clap if you'd like. and you'll listen listen to the speaker. we are going to be recessing until we can get the situation under control. >> todd: wow. stephanie butler a mother of four who was there joins me now. that roxanne school board president seems like she's lecturing to a bunch of kindergartners, much less trying to deal with adults. that's what she's paid to do in that role. why is a school board so afraid of a robust debate? >> that's a very good question. i would love to know the answer to that. but i've been hitting brick walls. so. >> todd: you are the parent to came forward about the books and library. what happened when you ultimately raise the issue. >> what i wanted to do is get divinity awareness and i've been trying for at the board meetings f

i would like to make one more last pitch for my school board race go to keira school board.com and helpt me parents like me all over california running to change your system and i think we're going to see a real see change this midterm. >> tissue all for joining tonight. lawrence: stacey abrams wants to be governor of georgia again. according to oprah it is too frightening to consider any other option. jimmy is here to respond. life. don't go anywhere >> if we don't elect me we will have no healthcare for half a million georgians, our children will continue to go to underfunded schools where transgender children have been banned for playing with her friends. we will have divisive laws that say you have to lie to your children about the history. >> too much is at stake not to. as your listening to all of those what will happen if you don't, it is really frightening. >> welcome back to cross-country we're in atlanta were the governors rematch between brian kemp and stacey abrams is heating up according to oprah despite the strong approval and stronger lead if abrams does not win all freed

i would like to make one more last pitch for my school board race go to keira school board.com and helpt me parents like me all over california running to change your system and i think we're going to see a real see change this midterm. >> tissue all for joining tonight. lawrence: stacey abrams wants to be governor of georgia again. according to oprah it is too frightening to consider any othe scout is protected by simparica trio, and he's in it to win it. simparica trio is the first and only chew with triple protection. oh, fleas and ticks ♪ intestinal worms... wow heartworm disease, no problem with simarica trio. this drug class has been associated with neurologic adverse reactions including seizures. use with caution in dogs with a history of these disorders. for winning protection. go with simparica trio. fanduel and draftkings, two out of state corporations making big promises. what's the real math behind prop 27, their ballot measure for online sports betting? 90% of profits go to the out of state corporations permanently. only eight and a half cents is left for the homeless. and

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but school boards have become a hot topic. is this a phenomenon that's come out because of covid and it's here for a moment or is this new level of engaged parental involvement here to stay? i am looking at you governor. >> i hope not. i hope it's not just a function of covid. i think covid obviously gave some jet fuel to parents in terms of what are students learning and the concerns about when is my student can be able to go back to school and i hope that engagement sticks. and i hope that engagement sticks through a lot of other issues. we have a fairly serious teacher shortage in the country today that the real problem. what are we doing to recruit the best teachers to come to our system and be involved with everything from what are student outcomes, all of those long-term issues and not just that moment in time. i think the virginia race, that caught everybody's attention. he had been out there enough to know parents are upset about this. terry mcauliffe an incredible seasoned politician but 10 days before the election sa

start by going to school board meetings. he things that the petito meetings that -- the pga meetings that you don't need to go. to or run for office. which by the, way you did. it is -- you don't expect to be a political, idealogue to run for office. this is where it starts. this is where you actually save democracy. by showing up at the local level and trying to fix these things. >> absolutely. we have a lot of teachers on the. ground in our district, it was these brave teachers and students that were fighting for all of us, fighting for our democracy. and so, you have this group of vocal parents on the right, they're small. but they're intimidating. and there. police and so, other parents kind of silently just don't do anything. and that's part of, again, what we need to do with the -- is create the real parent agenda. which is fighting against bigotry. fighting to protect public education. but also making sure that moms say the things like neither paid leave affordable childcare, pay equity, so they can join their school b