Dozens of Radical North Carolina School Boards Are Secretly Teaching Kids Wokeism—and Breaking the Law to Do It
Courts have the right to remove rogue school board members from office, but only if parents take action now to protect their children
North Carolina’s “progressive”-run schools are engaged in a quiet insurrection against the state’s Republican legislature, and kids are the victims.
According to policies found on district websites, 22 school boards across North Carolina have refused to adopt important provisions required in the wildly popular Parents’ Bill of Rights law created to protect children from sex-obsessed ideologues across the state.
This is only controversial among hardened leftists. Surveys show that three quarters of North Carolinians support the protections enshrined in the Parents’ Bill of Rights. Yet don’t count on the far-left Democrats leading these anti-parent school boards to open their eyes to what parents want—the only recourse is the courts and ballot box.
The best part of the Parents’ Bill of Rights: It provides remedies when a school district does not comply.
Parents Empowered
If parents are concerned about faculty teaching woke topics such as gender identity in K–4 schools or secretly encouraging children to change their genders, they can seek relief in court against the school and request a declaratory judgment.
State law (NC § 14-230) is clear: If a school board member refuses to “discharge any of the duties of his office . . . he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor” and “shall be punished by removal” from office.
The Parents’ Bill of Rights itself requires the district’s board of education (the “governing body of a public school unit”) to adopt procedures to notify parents “prior to any changes in the name or pronoun used for a student in school records or by school personnel.” The Parents’ Bill of Rights also prohibits “instruction on gender identity, sexual activity, or sexuality” in grades kindergarten through fourth grade. Curriculum includes supplementary materials like library books.
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Digging by Restoration News reveals that the following school boards have either rejected the adoption of the entire Parents’ Bill of Rights or their policies have not yet been updated on their websites:
Alleghany County Schools
Ashe County Schools
Asheville City Schools
Avery County Schools
Catawba County Schools
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Chatham County Schools
Craven County Schools
Durham Public Schools
Graham County Schools
Halifax County Schools
Haywood County Schools
Hoke County Schools
Jackson County Schools
Macon County Schools
Mitchell County Schools
Stanly County Schools
Tyrrell County Schools
Warren County Schools
Weldon City Schools
Whiteville City Schools
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
Attorney General Josh Stein’s (D) office failed to respond to a request for comment.
It’s time that parents demand legal action against school board members who are failing to discharge their duties to follow the law.
The Smoke and Mirrors Approach
Several North Carolina school districts have adopted policies that may appear to align with the law, but then use contradictory language defying the legislation. The Durham school board adopted language prohibiting the instruction of gender identity, sexual activity and sexuality in K–4 schools, but in the same policy permitted gender identity and sexual activity as topics that can be used in curriculum resources and classroom material. You can’t have it both ways!
In Asheville, misleading headlines suggest that Asheville City Schools has adopted policies consistent with the Parents’ Bill of Rights. Yet the policies that were initially recommended for approval were later heavily edited by Asheville’s leftist board prior to adoption—and fail to actually protect vulnerable children. The marked-up version of the draft policy on the school board’s last meeting agenda, for example, indicates they will not remove supplemental materials in K-4 classrooms related to gender identity and sexuality—in defiance of the law.
The board still hasn’t posted the final document they voted to approve and a request for that information to the Asheville school district has gone unanswered—another tactic of the leftist Asheville Board of Education to keep parents in the dark on this controversial issue.
Winston-Salem Forsyth County (WSFC)—one of the largest school districts in the state—comments on its website about the Parents’ Bill of Rights that they “remain committed to our vision of being the best place to learn and work through excellence, collaboration and inclusiveness.” Missing are the actual policies required to fulfill the law and protect children. It’s not surprising, though, since drag queens were permitted to lap dance in a school that WSFC students attend.
Numerous other boards of education acknowledge the Parents’ Bill of Rights legislation on their website and point to policies that allegedly align with the law. Due to either incompetence or blatant disregard, however, the policies referenced have not been updated to address the important provisions of the law that protect children from harm. A smoke and mirrors tactic, perhaps?
Alleghany County Schools—located in the northwestern part of the state—published a statement about the Parents’ Bill of Rights and alludes to policy changes, but the important requirements related to gender identity instruction and secrets being kept from parents are absent. Nowhere does it indicate that the board of education took a vote on the topic.
Hoke County Schools’ website has a great statement about the importance of parents and family involvement referencing the Parents’ Bill of Rights. The problem is their policies on the topic haven’t been updated since 2015, so certainly aren’t in compliance with the legislation adopted in 2023.
Jackson County Schools mention the Parents’ Bill of Rights, but their policies haven’t been updated. Plus, they advertise the health services that students can receive at the school without parental permission: school social workers can provide “solution focused counseling.” A lack of policy changes to adopt the Parents’ Bill of Rights and providing mental health services without parental permission shows complete defiance of the law.
Incompetence or blatant disregard? Either way, if these boards fail to discharge their duties of adopting the PBR, they are subject to criminal charges and removal from office.
(READ MORE: North Carolina Has Spoken: End the War on Girls’ Sports Now)
