On Thursday, Harry Jackson, the first black head of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology's Parent Teacher Association, resigned from his post, citing issues with the PTA's state officials and the implementation of critical race theory teachings at the school.
Jackson, who won his position in May, did so by campaigning against what he called misguided left-wing moves by school leadership and opposed the lowering of admission standards and the implementation of critical race theory based curriculum and professional development, according to The Washington Times.
Thomas Jefferson, a magnet high school in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been ranked as the top high school in the US, according to U.S. News & World Report.
The Advanced Placement participation rate at the school is 100 percent.
Jackson has pointed fingers at the "Progressive, hard-left" mindset of the Virginia PTA, which attempted to revoke TJHSST's PTA charter after Jackson's election.
Jackson, while stating that he would not be silenced by "The Virginia PTA," "The teachers' unions," and "The FCPS school board," also took aim at Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, who has stated that parents shouldn't have a say in what their kids are taught, and that critical race theory is a "Racist dogwhistle" that hasn't been taught in Virginia.
A review of McAuliffe's education plan entails pushing school districts to re-draw school boundary zones to be "Anti-racist," similar to 1970s-style busing.
https://thepostmillennial.com/first-black-pta-fairfax-county-magnet-school-forced-out-crt
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