by Jordan Davis at The Federalist
Loudoun County Public Schools has made a long, coordinated effort to ensure that critical race theory is institutionalized despite public opposition, emails obtained by Judicial Watch indicate.
Contained in the emails are communications from both former LCPS Superintendent Eric Williams and current LCPS Superintendent Scott Ziegler to various school board members, teachers, and even some parents about the district’s inclination toward implementing racist curriculum for teachers and students.
In one email from January, Ziegler, who is under fire for covering up a sexual assault in the school district, shows interest in a Virginia legislature bill (which eventually became a law) after it was flagged by LCPS board member Atoosa Reaser as a potential way to move the district’s race agenda forward.
“This is the bill that’s going to encompass one of our program’s asks,” Roose wrote. “It will be carried by someone outside of Loudoun, and is more comprehensive. I believe it encompasses what we were asking for and am OK with that path forward. Please let me know this morning if you have other thoughts.”
“That looks good,” replied Ziegler, who recently promoted a racial “equity” lecture. “Once the bill is passed, it will be interesting to see how the training and rubrics are built and promulgated around the [cultural competency] requirement. That will be where the real work starts.”
More recent emails from March of this year reveal that one of Ziegler’s executive assistants tried to call attention to the African American Superintendent’s Advisory Council’s “Recommendations on Equity,” which promote “antiracism” and other CRT ideals, but was quickly told by Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Ashley F. Ellis that the district “already [has] a head start with so many of these things.”
Ziegler also quickly asked…
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