The incoming principal of Main Street School has apologized for comments she made in an email calling parents who opposed critical race theory “whackos.”
Tonja Neve, current principal of Desert Valley Elementary School in Glendale, Arizona, has received criticism in her home state after the conservative Young America’s Foundation (YAF) obtained emails of hers through a public record request.
Critical race theory states there are patterns of systemic racism ingrained in laws and institutions in the United States, continuing to have an unfair effect on Black people and other people of color. Teaching these concepts in school has been criticized by some conservatives nationally.
On Feb. 1 Neve emailed Jennifer Mundy, director of social studies curriculum and instructional specialist for the Peoria Unified School District, to express her frustration with some parents.
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