Dom Giordano, WPHT host and former teacher, has dedicated much of his daily show toward parents who are taking it into their own hands to push back against school boards that have a negative impact on their children. This has culminated in a weekly podcast on education, Readin', Writin', and Reason, which has allowed wonderful relationships to develop between Giordano, educators, and parents throughout the country who are speaking out against overbearing school boards.
First, Beth Ann Rosica, executive director of Back to School PA PAC, returns to discuss multiple issues playing out on the micro-local scale at school board meetings throughout Pennsylvania. First, Giordano and Rosica discuss the decision by Conestoga officials to call an emergency virtual day over ‘threatening statements’ concerning masking, after students in the Tredyffrin/Easttown school walked out to protest overbearing masking mandates.
Then, Giordano and Rosica discuss a situation playing out in Chester County, with parents filing a petition to recall board members after continued frustration over baseless mandates.
Then, Conestoga High father Andrew McLellan and his attorney Gary Samms join Dom to discuss a controversy unfolding at the high school in the Tredyffrin-Easttown school district after threats were levied following a student-ran walkout protesting masking mandates. McLellan’s son was one of many who faced violent and racist threats after being one of the organizers of the protest, which stems from a lawsuit presented by McLellan and other parents against the district over overbearing mask mandates. McLellan and Samms contextualize the situation from their viewpoint, and tell what the school district has done to lead both parents and students feeling they have no other option than to create a disruption.
Finally, Kenny Xu, author of An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy, returns to discuss a recall election out in San Francisco due to treatment of Asian students in the school district. Xu sets the stage for the situation unfolding in San Francisco, telling of the demographic makeup of the city and the strength of the Asian-American community. Also, Giordano asks Xu about the mindset of those who call Asian-Americans ‘white adjacent,’ telling how the racist notion only counters the narrative those who employ it hope to perpetuate.