Woke School Board Members Resign. Can't handle the heat of parents

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/school-board-members-resign-toxic-debates-crt-mask-mandates

School board members resign following 'toxic' debates over CRT and mask mandates




Angry parents and activists growing tired of mask mandates , the teaching of critical race theory , and other progressive ideas have flooded school board meetings across the country. They've raised their voices, aired their grievances, and taken educators to task.

The intense scrutiny has led to a wave of resignations of school board members who say they are done being the proverbial punching bag for people upset with the system.

Things got so bad that Kurt Thigpen, a trustee for the Washoe County School Board in Nevada , said he considered suicide amid a relentless barrage of bullying and threats leveled not only by parents but by people who didn't even live in the county or have children attending school.

"At one point, I didn't want to leave my house anymore," he wrote in an opinion piece about his resignation. "I was constantly looking over my shoulder. The anticipation alone of attending another board meeting, being in the same room with folks who likely would be happy if I dropped dead, triggered severe emotional responses for me."

He added that he walked into every board meeting fearing for his safety and not knowing what might happen next.

Thigpen said he had already made himself a target by speaking up for LGBT students and added that during his seven months as a trustee, he received "endless emails, texts, phone calls, and social media messages with all sorts of hateful things, well beyond what is to be expected from the role of a public servant."

"It had finally reached a point for me when I started having some serious health problems, both mentally and physically," he said. "It started with suicidal ideations. I didn't want to exist anymore and felt things would be better if I just disappeared."

He said he made the tough decision to resign but holds out hope that one day, "we can all put down our swords and come together as one community regardless of political leanings."