ICYMI, I provided an update about the Peoria (PUSD) meeting that took place on September 12, 2024, and it was…well, it was Peoria! Have y’all been paying attention? It’s messy!
And it looks like I’m not the only one paying attention to the Dumpster fire that is Peoria (PUSD). Almost immediately after the meeting last Thursday evening, a local Peoria Facebook page lit up from the shit up with Peoria citizens aghast that sitting PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD members rejected…*checks notes*…their own grant money.
So let’s get back into this mess, why don’t we? The meeting started off with board reports where Board Member Serena Joy Waterford Heather Rooks spoke about the September 11th “walk of honor” and praised first responders. I wonder if she praises the first responders that defended our Capitol on January 6, 2021?
Probably not, but these people are walking contradictions. They accuse everyone on the planet of being “groomers” and “pedophiles” while they support an adjudicated rapist for president. They claim that people are sexualizing children, but from what I can tell, they’re the ones who are singularly focused on children’s genitals.
There were a LOT of Commanders’ Wives and Aunts in the audience at this meeting. Some were there to attack an employee of the district. Again. The last time they attacked an employee, it ended up in a lawsuit against the district, so this time, they were more careful about mentioning the staffer by name.
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Jeanne Casteen, Secular AZ Executive Director
JEANNE CASTEEN has a bachelor’s degree in human communication and history from the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at ASU and a master’s in education, also from ASU. Jeanne has over 11 years of experience teaching in Maricopa County’s public schools. In 2011, Jeanne completed the Emerge Arizona program and in 2012 became a school board member of the Creighton School District. She served as Board President from 2016 through 2020. In 2020, Ms. Casteen ran for Maricopa County School Superintendent, and came within 12,000 votes of winning. She has been awarded the Arizona School Public Relations Association Award for Excellence in Advocacy and Political Contributions to Education as well as the Arizona School Board Association’s All-Arizona School Board Member Award.
