PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — On Monday, June 27th, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Calvert County Board of Education(BOE).
The lawsuit concerned, “one of the most controversial dilemmas facing public schools today—how to promote racial equity and inclusion as redress for historic inequalities without resorting to unconstitutional race-based policies and practices.”
The suit was filed by a group of seven Calvert County women against outgoing Calvert County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Daniel Curry and the BOE over the recent implementation of equity policies.
The plaintiffs’ reason for wanting these anti-racism policies to be overturned is that they allegedly violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1984, and the First Amendment.
The general complaint cited how these new policies initiated discussions on racism and white privilege in the classroom that allegedly increased “racial division among students that did not exist prior to implementation of these policies and practices…”
Because of the alleged discrimination, the plaintiffs stated anti-racism policies “will cause significant psychological harm to Plaintiffs and other members of the CCPS student body.”
Judge Paula Xinis threw the suit out, saying it lacked standing and, “failed to demonstrate standing to sue under the First Amended Complaint, despite this Court’s leave to amend so that they may cure the jurisdictional defect… the Court recognizes Plaintiffs’ penchant for clogging the docket with near baseless motions that, time and again, have failed to meet the most basic pleading requirements.”
The complaints that the plaintiffs brought forward provided little to no coherent details according to judge Xinis. Their claim was little more than, “a compendium of policies, directives, curriculum guidance, and academic source materials…” with no real credible evidence to back up their claim that the new policies promote a “radicalized political agenda.”
Dr. Curry’s tenure as Calvert County Public Schools Superintendent has since come to an end.
His replacement, Dr. Andrae Townsel, was appointed by the BOE as the next Superintendent. He assumed the role on Friday, July 1st.
Read Judge Xinis’ full memorandum opinion to the complaint below:
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A WOKE schoolboard has arrived in Calvert County! Private school here we come!
Private school is very expensive. But hey, if you can swing it, go for it.
Glad my kids graduated years ago (pre-racist democrats rioting) and they didn’t have to put up with this ridiculous garbage.
So y’all are whining because someone wants to teach your kids to not be racist like the rest of you? Okay got it!
As opposed to the Republicans who stormed a federal building to overthrow an federal election that was proven legit by the very court appointed by the guy who cried fraud?
No, kinda like your antifa/blm brothers that tried to set the federal court house on fire with people in it. Or, breaking down the doors of the Senate building or trying to break into the Whitehouse to murder then President Trump.
Well, bye.
Democrats aren’t the racist ones!
What kind of a mint could fed up teachers make from starting their own private school?
Private School teachers make much worse, just about always, than public.
Private school teachers may make less, but usually the trade off is they have less issues with discipline problems/more admin support, and more freedom over lessons and curriculum. The teacher retention rate at good private schools is likely higher in a lot of areas.
Sad that people don’t want their children to learn how to not be a racist! If the roles were reversed you wouldn’t want yourself or your children to go through what POC go through everyday! Be careful Calvert County, your privilege is showing!
Literally the opposite is happening, and that’s the problem.
I can’t understand why the fear is so great when it comes to CRT? If parents are so concerned about their children learning about racism and what role their ancestors played. Don’t worry about the past, your fear fed guilt tells the story. Your actions now in the present shows your on racist thoughts. You can’t hide it. In other words, you can try and hide the past and all the evil that was done by your ancestors. But trust me, your children are watching you everyday, they watch and listen to every single hateful word you say. You don’t need to be concern about CRT, you’re teaching them now. Just for the record, perhaps you should research what CRT really is, oh wait. That’s that fear again, you only want to hide the evil doing. 🤔
Imagine a Obama appointed judge saying case had no merit. If you had weapon standing over injured person, did anyone see him hit them. Well no merit. Get a speeding ticket in calvert bet that has merit….
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You cannot run from the truth
Good! A ridiculous lawsuit filed by people who so clearly demonstrate the limitations of any educational system.
I’m glad the school board is standing up to the lunatic fringe.
people are fed with being told how racist they are, theses ridiculous policies are creating a generation that only sees skin color and is further divining people apart, starting at the kindergarten level. I’m sad that I have to warn my kids about what they might hear in school. I’m all for treating everyone equally but the mistreatment can swing both ways and it does all the time. I guess when the damage is done 20 years from now maybe then people will see how ridiculous and anti productive all of this is.
dividing*
people are fed with being told how racist they are, theses ridiculous policies are creating a generation that only sees skin color and is further dividing people apart, starting at the kindergarten level. I’m sad that I have to warn my kids about what they might hear in school. I’m all for treating everyone equally but the mistreatment can swing both ways and it does all the time. I guess when the damage is done 20 years from now maybe then people will see how ridiculous and anti productive all of this is.
Bunch of cry baby poorly educated trailer dwellers crying about their kids learning the truth. They don’t want their kids coming home and seeing them for the garbage people they really are… what a joke.
Your truth? The real racist is you
Hmmm. Interesting that you should feel that way about what CRT can provide.
You know, all one has to do is crack open a history book and they can learn about all the slaves and racism they could possibly ingest. How our forefathers were slave owners, the difference between slaves and indentured servitude, etc…
In fact, much of those history books were written/property of the US State Dept. Since you sound like a big government progressive, you should have no problem accepting their version of history as fact.
So tell me, or us if you’d like, what does CRT have to offer outside of what you can already learn from a history book, other than teaching all non-white races that white people suck?
School choice NOW
It shows the EXACT privilege you don’t want your kids to learn about that gives you the ability to send the bigots in training to private school. What a joke. Teach our youth the TRUTH. Privilege exists and these comments only further prove the point…
All you need to know is that Xinis was nominated by Obama! Case closed!