Two Sacramento area school board members claim their homes and vehicles were targeted earlier this week, apparently as retaliation over continued distance learning during the COVID-19 crisis.
Twin Rivers Unified School District Board of Trustees Vice President Mike Baker said his car window was smashed late Tuesday, with the alleged vandal or vandals leaving a scribbled note sitting on the vehicle's passenger seat listing a demand: "Bring kids back to school."
"I want to refuse to believe some parent or parents were sitting on the couch, thinking ‘I’m going to go attack trustees' houses tonight,’" he told KCBS Radio.
While the district does not yet have plans to restart in-person learning, it was one of the first in the Sacramento region to start vaccinating teachers Monday. As it has across California, the battle over returning students to the classroom for in-person learning appears to have boiled over.
"There have been really bad comments made towards teachers and it’s creating a really bad divide between parents and teachers right now," he said of the frustration. "I didn’t think it would come to this."
Later that same night, board member Bob Bastian told KOVR "unwanted visitors" were spotted outside his home with flashlights and "maybe like a crowbar or something." Security lights in the front of his house seemed to scare them off.
"I don’t think there’s anything different we could have done," said Baker, who is confident Twin Rivers students will be back before summer break.
The incidents remain under investigation by the district and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.
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