The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted 5-3 last night to co-sponsor a budget workshop with the Civitas Institute.
That Civitas was part of the workshop naturally drew opposition from local liberals:
…Stephen Hairston, a former president of the local NAACP, called Civitas an extreme right-wing organization and told the board that if it believes in representing all of the residents of the county, there is no way it should allow the group in.
….Wayne Patterson, president of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County branch of the NAACP said in a statement that Civitas is a divisive and regressive group and that it has supported efforts to re-segregate, disinvest and privatize public schools in North Carolina, particularly in Wake County.
….Ann Petitjean, who was representing the Forsyth County Association of Educators, said that after spending time on the Civitas website, she had deep concerns. None of the education issues Civitas supports appear to increase money for public schools, she said.
The board doesn’t need the sort of help Civitas offers, she said.
I thought liberals were the intellectuals among us, open to a wide range of ideas. Evidently not, especially if they don’t include money.
