Recall about representation, restoring integrity

Idaho Freedom Foundation's report, "Florida's Blueprint for K-12 Education," is a plan to do away with public schools. The first action item in the plan is "establishing universal education savings accounts for all K-12 students," that is, funding private schools. Idaho rejected ESAs during the last legislative session.

Other action items include measures restricting classroom topics, affecting who gets hired, and eroding tenure protections. This is at a time when teachers are fleeing Idaho.

IFF has already gotten one of IFF's unqualified members hired for the top position in the West Bonner County School District, where he can restrict classroom topics, teacher hires, and tenure. He has already replaced staff without an onboarding process from the outgoing staff, resulting in delayed paychecks, unanswered record requests, and a lack of communication with parents and staff.

Sounds iffy to me.

Idaho is not Florida, and IFF doesn't control Idaho voters. The power of their out-of-state funders to wreck public education in Idaho is no match for the power of voters to defend it. The recall is about representation, restoring honesty and integrity, and prioritizing children first.

Voters in zones 2 and 4, please vote to recall West Bonner County school board members Aug. 29.

NANCY GERTH

Sagle