The Dumbing Down of American School Boards

Posted on by Jeanne Casteen, Secular AZ Executive Director

Hey there, Secular FAM! Another day, another unbelievable headline! So far this May, the F(elon)OTUS accepted a private jet from an authoritarian dictator WITHOUT congressional approval, people who call themselves Christians HATE the new pope, ICE agents are rounding people up like it’s 1933, and *GASP* White House officials have ties to antisemitism!

Between this decision, the asylum granted to the Tate Brothers, and the release of over 1500 violent insurrectionists, I do NOT feel safer. Oh well, the party of public safety only wants some people to be safe, I guess.

While I began writing this, SCOTUS was hearing FOTUS’s challenge to the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing birthright citizenship. This lawless regime is already disappearing people, many of whom have legal status in the United States.

So let’s recap: masked marauders are infiltrating neighborhoods and disappearing people in broad daylight; ICE agents are jumping people at immigration courts; people are being welcomed or detained based on skin color; the leader of the free world is accepting gifts from dictators; dead women are being kept alive to incubate babiesbecause evangelical cult members believe we’re only as valuable as our reproductive organs; “Christians” celebrated the death of Pope Francis.

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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.

Author: 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.