2024 election wrap-up: Caledonia (MI) Community Schools

My wrap-up on the 2024 school-board election, starting from a small note from Florida with a big tie-in to Caledonia. It’s all about this question: should school-board elections be partisan or nonpartisan? Education won a small victory in Florida, where education very much needs some victories: voters rejected an initiative to make school board electionsContinue reading “2024 election wrap-up: Caledonia (MI) Community Schools”

Always Running: sex, integrity, and Caledonia Community Schools

An unusual little speech by State Representative Angela Rigas in a recent school board meeting in Caledonia, MI, raises questions about the purpose of books in high school and about the importance of integrity in public leaders.

The Threat Angela Rigas Poses to Caledonia Community Schools

A guest post exposing the legal/financial risk voters would take by giving Angela Rigas allies a majority on the board of the Caledonia Community Schools district.

Again with “parental rights”: the return of a dog whistle

Here we go again. Campaign by dog whistle. How much did it cost Jessica Kohn to spam her little campaign plug into my iMessages account? And who paid for it? But she sent it to me, and I will respond. The first sentence of the message in the screenshot carries all the weight: Jessica KohnContinue reading “Again with “parental rights”: the return of a dog whistle”