D49 Superintendent search duplicitous or just sketchy?

Compare the four recent superintendent searches right here in El Paso County D11:  March 2 2022: Superintendent Michael Thomas resigned.  May 7-24 2022 The D11 board announced three finalist followed by community interviews.  Jun 3 2022: D11 school board announced new Superintendent Gaal. The process evolved over THREE months.   Manitou:  Jan 20, 2023 Superintendent … Read more

Why are we featuring “Bullying and violations”?

We need to EXPOSE the TRUTH about what is going on in D49.  John Graham, Lori Thompson and Rick Van Wieren (hereafter “the trio”) have consistently voted against the conservative values of D49 district. See Board’s Vote record: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17OOmV6BV0HyKlWzNkZhZWJiSoNl4w98uMcx49t-LNO0/edit?usp=sharing The narrow vote of 3-2 to renew Peter Hilts against extensive community input in May 2022 … Read more

Video clips of D49 meetings on M4L Youtube Channel!

Find more video clips of D49 meetings for key discussions on Moms Liberty (M4L) Youtube Channel.  https://youtube.com/@momsforlibertyelpasocounty8327 Thank you Moms For Liberty (Darcy Shoening, Kristy Davis, Samantha Wild) for helping inform the communities on important matters in the school districts.      

Demanding D49 Legal and financial accountability

19 March 2023 From: Ivy Liu <iliu@d49.org> To: Peter Hilts (11:26 AM) To: Brad Miller, John Graham (11:59 AM) BCC: allboardofeducation@d49.org Subject: Legal and financial accountability It has been brought to my attention that CORA requests are being denied to constituents in violation of CORA statutes.   I do not think we as a district want to … Read more

Leftists reign in D49 with support from board John Graham, Lori Thompson, Rick Van Wieren

https://youtu.be/N4NF4xKITbY What is our conservative county coming to? This is worse than when we had liberals in majority on school boards. Conservatives are banned or thrown out of meetings. Speeches of conservatives are often interrupted and admonished by BOE President John Graham who, along with his sheeples Lori Thompson and Rick Van Wieren on the … Read more

K-12 school discipline model is failing students and teachers

Some administrators and teachers are realizing we have deep issues. But few have the power to make decisions at the top. Obama ushered in “equity in discipline” that led to Restore Practice that cost districts millions overtime but have resulted in the breakdown of good discipline. Is this all part of an insidious long game … Read more

The vote record of D49 School board on controversial issues: 2022-2023

This is an updated version of D49 School Board’s vote record.  Please share widely:   D49 Board Vote Records ANALYSIS: Since Feb 2022, ALL but TWO of the votes on CONTROVERSIAL matters were lost in a slim 2-3 vote. LORI THOMPSON, who ran on the same platform as Ivy Liu and Jamilynn D’avola has consistently … Read more