Finally some leadership! A school board member in the state’s largest school district threw down the gauntlet this week with a list of policies, practices and funding choices that need to change before he and his colleagues will vote to approve the next budget.

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"As I’ve said numerous times during my tenure, the aims of these kinds of programs are not what they seem," Audette said. "… Some of the most divisive programs come from the state Department of Education. Anti-racism, which is a Kendi-Angelonian definition of the term, is a divisive ideology, it has no place in our schools. I won’t support this effort."

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A few of Minnesota’s law enforcement organizations and Anoka-Hennepin Board member Matt Audette hosted a press conference to continue pushing for a legislative special session on school resource officers. READ MORE

Anoka-Hennepin School District Director Matt Audette said, “SROs play a very important and positive role at our schools. I believe the vast majority of school leaders, parents, teachers, and students, want SROs back to assist with school safety and security – as they’ve done faithfully in our district the past 47 years.”

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The DFL issued a rallying cry against a conservative school board member, but their plan backfired because parents with children in the district showed up in overwhelming numbers to support the member instead.

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Anoka-Hennepin school board members speak out at Tuesday work session amidst budget showdown.

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A school board member with Anoka-Hennepin schools has pledged to vote against the district’s 2024-25 budget if it includes left-wing priorities such as programs related to “systemic racism,” “critical race theory,” “gender identity issues,” and “intersectionality.”

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Matt Audette join Alpha News Journalist Sheila Qualls in this gripping podcast series as she delves into the alarming rise of violence and the decline of QUALITY EDUCATION in Minnesota schools.

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